Quotes from John Daly

I just don't enjoy poker that much.

I'd like my first Ryder Cup appearance to be in the United States.

We weren't the kind of family that talked about our problems. We were a close family, in a kind of faraway way. It wasn't a being-with-each-other kind of close. We all went our own ways.

I was always the one asking everybody else if they were O.K. I never talked about my problems. I didn't want to admit I had problems. I just let 'em build up. I didn't want anybody to know I was hurtin'.

Life is nothing but a memory. People who dwell on the bad ones aren't going to have a whole lot of good ones coming up.

I've tried to lose weight two or three times, and every time, my golf game was horrible.

It's hard for me not to play on the West Coast. I love it out there.

Golf is day-to-day. It's shot to shot; it's not four days at a time.

I learned through the 'Jack Nicklaus Lesson Tee,' the cartoon. Back then, it was 1970 or '69 when it came out. Learned the grip that way and everything in the cartoon... So that's kind of how it all started for me.

I can tell you one thing. I've done this my way. I don't have anybody to blame for this win but me, and I love it.

In my life, I've seen everything, and one thing I know for sure is you can't win in the federal court. You're going against the government of the United States. You don't beat a federal court, a federal judge, and the FBI - there's no way.

You can be addicted to meat, as far as I'm concerned. Why else would I eat six cheeseburgers a day?

I like to have this gut to put my elbow on it when I putt because I did it for so long. I just feel healthier this way.

I can't dwell on the past, that I haven't won a lot, but anytime I didn't play good was mainly because I didn't putt very good.

I can sit here and hit all the balls and chip and putt all day long, but if you're not playing competitive golf... there's nothing better than competitive golf.

If I go gambling the slots, some of my friends will come with me and play along with me. It's not like I'm starting out with $500 a pull or $1,000 a pull. I go in there and play $25, and if I win, I play $100s.

I've always been a good ball-striker, but if you're not a great putter, you're not going to win a lot.

I still wake up every day, so I'm winning.

Advocacy means persuading people who matter to care about your issue. It is about getting listened to, being at the table when decisions are made, being heard by people who make decisions. It is about facing and overcoming resistance. It is about speaking and writing in compelling ways that make decision makers want to adopt your ideas.

I've always been a quick putter, so I should never get the yips. But I got 'em. I got 'em bad.

I'm not a big gambler anymore. I like to do it. I enjoy it instead of trying to make money off of it, because I realized you can't make money gambling.

I'm not the most religous person in the world, but I think the good Lord up there has blessed me.

The greatest thing for me is when someone comes up and says, 'My son started playing golf because of you,' or, 'I started playing golf because of you,' and all that.

Watch out for guys like Scott Piercy and Danny Willett. They both play really good on fast, fast greens.