Top 41 Mickelson Quotes
#1. I grew up admiring Phil Mickelson. He loves competing, and he loves the fans' support, similar to me. In terms of my playing style, Steve Stricker and I are similar.
Matt Kuchar
#2. The best part about winning the PGA is getting great pairings at tour events. It's fun to play with Phil Mickelson and other past major champions.
Keegan Bradley
#3. I just feel like I have when I started making a lot of money, I started spreading it out to people. Mickelson, the whole deal, the over-tip: if I see a guy that looks like he needs a hand out or something, I'll pull something out and give him something.
Lee Trevino
#4. Even when I finished third at the U.S. Open a few weeks back, I didn't putt very well, nor in the last round of last year's Masters when Mickelson won, nor last year's Open at Turnberry, where I came second.
Lee Westwood
#5. I will say I love competing, and I was in a great era of playing with young Phil Mickelson and older Greg Norman and Nick Price. I don't know if YA Title could throw the ball these days, but you can play golf for a long, long time.
Fred Couples
#6. Colonel Mickelson looks like he could defend Fort Hamilton by himself if Staten Island ever declared war and invaded ...
If Jack Nicholson looked like this when he yelled that Tom Cruise couldn't handle the truth, Cruise would have said, Yes, you're right, I'm sorry. My bad.
David Rosenfelt
#7. Watching Phil Mickelson play golf is like watching a drunk chasing a balloon near the edge of a cliff.
David Feherty
#8. Playing with Phil Mickelson, it doesn't get any better than that.
Peter Uihlein
#10. You can call me Agent Mickelson,' he told me with a smile. 'What about you? Is Max short for something? Maxine?'
'No, Dean. It's just Max.
James Patterson
#11. Put Mickelson and Toms out there. You know, they had the morning off. They rested. Knowing them and the competitors that they are, they are probably a little angry that they weren't out there in the morning.
Hal Sutton
#12. A great shot is when you pull it off. A smart shot is when you don't have the guts to try it.
Phil Mickelson
#13. The more you study the course, the more you appreciate what a great test it is.
Phil Mickelson
#14. Do not save your loving speeches
For your friends till they are dead;
Do not write them on their tombstones,
Speak them rather now instead.
Anna Mickelson
#15. I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life.
Phil Mickelson
#16. The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.
Phil Mickelson
#17. My kids and I sometimes will just sit in my office and talk about what the world was like 68 million years ago. Amanda, our oldest daughter, wanted to be a paleontologist for a long time.
Phil Mickelson
#18. I think it's more than whether or not you win or lose. It's having that opportunity on that final round, final nine, to come down the stretch with a chance to win.
Phil Mickelson
#19. The winner of this tournament doesn't just win a major. He become a part of the history of the game.
Phil Mickelson
#20. The emotion called love occurs in one's body and it is under the control of another person. The other person can cause it to occur at any time.
Larry Mickelson
#21. Its just as disappointing as it was thrilling to win the Masters. To come very close, to play so hard for 72 holes and play better than everybody but one guy is disappointing.
Phil Mickelson
#22. I have come to understand and appreciate writers much more recently since I started working on a book last fall. Before that, I thought golf writers got up every morning, played a round of golf, had lunch, showed up for our last three holes and then went to dinner.
Phil Mickelson
#23. I hate to play a tournament in which I'm not contending. It's just not any fun for me.
Phil Mickelson
#24. My style of play won't ever change, because I enjoy that aggressive style of golf. It allows me to play my best. When I attack pins, I stay more focused. I get more into the shot and, consequently, I get more out of the shot and out of my game by playing aggressive.
Phil Mickelson
#25. It'll be nice not to have to use my fake IDs anymore.
Phil Mickelson
#26. My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I'm with them, they make me feel special regardless of how I play.
Phil Mickelson
#27. What I like to do is to try to win as many tournaments and as many majors as I can, and with him [Tiger Woods] in the field, it just gives it more credibility, whatever it is I am able to accomplish.
Phil Mickelson
#28. Falling in love is a process whereby we begin to need another person more and more until we ultimately reach a point where we need that person desperately.
Larry Mickelson
#29. The final group, on Sunday at the Masters, is the greatest feeling in the world for a professional golfer.
Phil Mickelson
#30. It should almost be a prerequisite to play Castle Stuart before you're allowed to design golf courses nowadays.
Phil Mickelson
#31. Where you can make up ground is if the wind blows and your opponents make big numbers. I think you can shoot three, four, five-under par. But to make up a six, seven or eight-shot lead, that will be tough without the leaders coming back.
Phil Mickelson
#32. The only way to win tournaments is with the short game. Over half your shots out here are within 30 or 40 yards. Ballstriking is where I'm trying to improve, yes, but more to eliminate big numbers than make birdies.
Phil Mickelson
#33. I try to respect everybody out here: players, caddies, fans, media.
Phil Mickelson
#34. I would rather try a shot to win than play safe and finish second.
Phil Mickelson
#35. Changing would not give me the best chance to win. I need to have fun. I need to attack.
Phil Mickelson
#36. I don't think my style of play is what has prevented me from winning major championships. I think that execution has been more of a factor.
Phil Mickelson
#37. I love competing against the best players. I have a huge challenge, and that's to win a U.S. Open and complete the Grand Slam. I enjoy that challenge. Every year it comes around, I get excited to try to conquer that opportunity. I love it.
Phil Mickelson
#38. I have not found my perspective on my career change. What I have found is that my life in general has been more fulfilling. To be able to influence an individual's life and on who they become as a person is a very rewarding feeling.
Phil Mickelson
#39. If you add up all the federal and you look at the disability and the unemployment and the Social Security and the state, my tax rate's 62, 63 percent. So I've got to make some decisions on what I'm going to do.
Phil Mickelson
#40. Well, you know, I don't really want to trade next year. I certainly enjoyed having the jacket put on me rather than putting it on.
Phil Mickelson
#41. I remember when I first came out on tour, it was Greg Norman and Nick Price. We forget how big Norman was, what a presence he was. I remember one of my first tournaments, Greg threw an orange peel down on the ground and some fan ran over and grabbed it. 'This is Greg Norman's orange peel!'
Phil Mickelson
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