Words matter. These are the best Johnny Miller Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I never really wanted to be No. 1 and a big shot, have people playing up to me all the time. I wasn’t comfortable with any of it.
When people pick the best drivers of all time, nobody ever picks Lee Trevino. But when he played, like at Tanglewood at the ’74 PGA, he missed one fairway in 72 holes.
When I was at my peak, I would go into streaks where I felt like it was almost magic, that I could knock down the pin from anywhere with my irons.
I always felt that I would rather be out fishing or home with my family than at some cocktail party with a group of VIPs.
You can be a guy who won 18 majors, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be a great Ryder Cupper. That’s the rarest golf there is.
I was always known as the ‘Desert Fox.’
I grew up in an era where the perfect drive was a line drive, with quite a bit more spin.
If I had been in the gallery, I’d have gone home.
People need to know that when I was interviewed when I played, I would really pat myself on the back when I did well and tell you how good I was playing, but I’d also tell you when I choked or I was playing terrible. I told it like it was.
Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.
The mental aspect of golf is what makes golf such a great sport.
The hardest weeks for me are when I get to a course that I’ve never been to before or one that has been through a redesign.
Everybody has some part of their game that is easily influenced to choke.
I was always groomed by my dad to win the U.S. Open.
NBC sort of let me do my thing. They never told me what to say and what not to say. It was pretty weird.
I don’t want to brag, but I do more homework on the course than any other announcer. I chart the greens to get all the breaks. I walk down into the greenside bunkers. I walk into the fairway bunkers to see whether a player can reach the green from them.
Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good.
It’s been a great run. I’ve done everything I can do announcing wise.
Tiger’s swing when he won the Masters by 12 shots – I loved that swing.
Nobody ever heard Jack Nicklaus say ‘I don’t know’ about anything.
In golf, ‘close’ is like the north and south rim of the Grand Canyon.
Guys who chum it up are just OK. Guys who are great players are loners.
I was tough on myself when I didn’t finish off a tournament right.
I remember, when I won at Tucson by nine shots in 1975, I would say the average iron shot I hit that week was no more than two feet off line. It was unbelievable.
All my friends were retiring, and it got to the point where I was like, ‘Hey, how come I’m not retiring?’
I usually listen to my gut, so to speak, and my wife.
Look, I’m not trying to be critical when I’m on the air.
Golf is the greatest sport of all to see if you can handle pressure.
I’ve always felt how players handle the pressure was the most interesting part of golf.
Match play really exposes your character and how much of a will to win you have in your heart.
