1. “You’re playing competitive, and it’s always better to play four competitive rounds than it is two because you sit there for a weekend and then you start all over again.” – John Daly
2. “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.” – John Daly
3. “Do I have to know rules and all that crap? Then forget it.” – John Daly
4. “Nobody can know what’s in my heart. Nobody can know what I’m thinking. I know what I’ve got to do.” – John Daly
5. “I’ve got the drinkers and the smokers and the eaters on my side.” – John Daly
6. “Idea-Advocacy Matrix highlights a couple of things: that good ideas need to be “sold” if they are ever going to see the light of day and bad ideas sometimes do quite well because of the skills of the proponent to sell them.” – John Daly
7. “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.” – John Daly
8. “Ideas really do matter. But in any organization a good idea will only go so far unless its proponents are willing to fight the political games to get the idea adopted.” – John Daly
9. “The only way I’ll ever make the Ryder Cup team is when I become captain; then I can name myself to the team.” – John Daly
10. “It’s nice to worry about playing golf and not all the other stuff.” – John Daly
11. “Everyone has addictions and my problem is I have 5,000 of them. If it’s not drinking, it’s gambling. If it’s not gambling, it’s eating anything from burgers, doughnuts to M&Ms. The only addiction I don’t suffer from is chasing women.” – John Daly
12. “I hit the ball as hard as I can. If I can find it, I hit it again.” – John Daly
13. “All four days I didn’t think. I just hit. Squeaky (Medlen, his caddie) said kill, and I killed it.” – John Daly
14. “My slogan is who needs fitness when you’ve got great equipment.” – John Daly
15. “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.” – John Daly
16. “I know there’s a lot of guys out there who would like to see me fail. Well, good. Let ’em. I’m glad.” – John Daly
17. “I enjoy the oohs! and aahs! from the gallery when I hit my drives. But I’m getting pretty tired of the awws! and uhhs! when I miss the putt.” – John Daly
18. “I was never able to have three of four beers. One’s too many, and ten just ain’t enough. Basically it’s the way I’ve been since high school.” – John Daly
19. “Everybody goes through divorces. There’s millions of people that have drinking problems. There’s people that their weight goes up and down, just like mine. It’s just life. And I think people relate to that. I really do.” – John Daly
20. “Granted, I could go out and lose everything (by) gambling and drinking, but there’s no sense in denying it. It’s in my blood.” – John Daly
21. “General personal principle: You are generally successful to the degree others want you to succeed. So get adopted! And, even more importantly, it’s amazing how much you can get done when you let other people take credit for it.” – John Daly
22. “Stories match the way our species thinks. Equally important, stories are something we share – everyone everywhere tells stories and oddly enough, in the same way. It all probably started around some campfire a million years ago.” – John Daly
23. “This fitness thing is blown out of proportion. What am I going to do on a treadmill – smoke a cigarette and drink a diet Coke?” – John Daly
24. “Real freedom will come when U.S. soldiers in Iraq turn their guns on their superiors.” – John Daly
25. “In some organizations, it is easy to say mistakes are okay when in truth it is a zero-defect organization. You will be remembered more for your mistakes than your successes in those organizations.” – John Daly
26. “I will just put four or five extra packs of cigarettes in my bag and I will be fine.” – John Daly
27. “I don’t think I’ve ever stepped into a gym – they won’t let me smoke there. I just thank God Miller Lite isn’t as fattening as most beers. If I cut back on beer, though, I’d look anorexic.” – John Daly
28. “I learned you can’t drink whiskey and play golf.” – John Daly
29. “I wasn’t this nervous playing golf when I was drinking. It’s the first tournament I’ve won on the PGA Tour in a sober manner, so it’s a great feeling knowing I can do it sober. I don’t think two years ago I could have pulled this off.” – John Daly
30. “Whether I’m shooting 10-under or 10-over I have to realize people have come a long way to see me play. I can’t be back-handing putts.” – John Daly
31. “How you frame an issue shapes how it is viewed by others. Great advocates frame their ideas as problems that need solutions.” – John Daly
32. “I believe nicotine plus caffeine equals protein.” – John Daly
33. “I don’t care what anybody says. The first tournament is not the hardest one to win. It’s always the second one.” – John Daly
34. “There are probably some things I could do to keep my flexibility up, but I’d rather smoke, drink diet Cokes and eat.” – John Daly
35. “Do I have to know rules and all that crap? Then forget it.” – John Daly