I'm going to a special place when I die, but I want to make sure my life is special while I'm here.
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If somebody asks for my opinion, I tell them my opinion, whether it's what they want to hear or not.
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I didn't hesitate to kiss my father in public. And that's how I tried to raise my children. We're physical.
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That's why I'm very proud of being American. I'm proud to pay taxes. I pay a lot of taxes, but it sure beats the alternative.
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If you can't laugh at yourself, then how can you laugh at anybody else? I think people see the human side of you when you do that.
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For example, I wouldn't hesitate to sit somebody down if he wasn't performing, even if he was the No. 1 player in the world. I've been sat down before.
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These guys who keep on playing but aren't winning, you've got to sit them down and let them figure it out and perform a little gut-check on themselves.
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I sometimes got distracted easily and allowed my mind to wander when I needed to be focused. It's quite subtle, really, and just being aware of it helps.
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For one thing, when you're playing as well as I was at the time, you think you can play with anything. That isn't true, of course, but I didn't know it then.
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I went over before the British Open and played Valderrama thinking that I might make the team, might be a captain's pick. I made the effort to go over there.
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