Bubba Watson Quotes

My dad taught me to be a leader or a follower, and he said follower ain't fun. So I want to be the leader of Bubba Watson.

It's a dream come true for Bubba Watson from Bagdad, Florida to have the green jacket on.

People started coining the phrase, 'Bubba Golf,' whatever you want to call it, which I like. 'Bubba Golf' is going to be fun. I mean, why do what everybody else does? That's boring.

I have a good team around me. I have people I trust around me. If I go the wrong way, they will yell at me. Just as they have in the past.

If I have a swing, I have a shot.

It's about hitting the ball in the center of the club face and hitting it hard.

I just want to be me and play golf.

I keep defying the odds, you know.

If I've got a swing, I've got a shot.

I'm a redneck. And we can wear whatever because we just really don't care about those things. And when you're a redneck named Bubba, you really don't care.

My dad - who was a tough guy, a Green Beret - always looked nice and wore these bright Sansabelt pants. He always said, "You have two options: You can be a follower or you can be a leader. And you don't ever want to follow anybody." And that's kind of become my philosophy about everything.

When I got my tour card I cried. When I got my first win - and my first pay check - I cried. All these things make me cry.

I don't play the sport for fame. I don't try to win tournaments for fame. I don't do any of that. It's just me. I'm just Bubba. I goof around. I joke around. I just want to be me and play golf.

Everybody can see that my swing is homegrown. That means everybody has a chance to do it.

I've never had a dream go this far, so I can't really say it's a dream come true.

I'm a golfer not a history major.

I don't care about a golfer. I don't care about getting better as a golfer. I want to be better as a person.

I'm not afraid of anything. My two favorite colors are lime green and hot pink. I mean, I really like pink. And I don't care who knows it. I'm already married, sooo...

What I say goes. I'm hitting shots that I want to hit. I'm doing the things that I want to do. I play it my way.

I don't take anything for granted.

I was shooting in the low 70s and 60s by the time I was twelve. That's the great thing about golf. It doesn't matter how old or young you are; if you're 90 and can shoot a good score, people will want to play with you.

My favorite thing about being linked to Oakley is getting to hang with the cool people, the cool athletes - like the X-Games guys. Those guys play sports where they can really hurt themselves, and, well, I just play golf. I'm like the wimpy guy over here.

Winning the green jacket is great - I can pay for all the diapers I'm going to have to get.

Who doesn't love a statement sock? I mean, we won't go in to details, but your underwear has to be bright, too.

My dad's not here, but he's watching in heaven.

I am uncomfortable with heights, I'm scared of the dark and I am scared of big crowds.

I have a lot of mental issues that I just am so fearful of things, which I shouldn't be, right? Scared of heights. Scared of buildings falling on me. Scared of the dark. Scared of crowds. Those are my biggest issues. I'm just scared of people. It's just - in general.

My goal at every tournament is to finish top 18. At the end of the year if I could finish every tournament top 18, that would be pretty good.

I’m here to win a championship. I’m not here to goof around

I want to keep playing good golf.

My dad was a hard worker, very dedicated to his family - very smart. Didn't like to be told what to do. Kind of where I get my stuff from. One of the things that I've learned from my dad is - good or bad - is not to trust.

I grew up a diehard Yankees fan.

I love France. France is a nice place.

I have to chose my words carefully.

Who listens to golfers? They're boring. If I want to wear camouflage on the golf course during a tournament, I will. And I have.

When a professional baseball team asks you to throw out the first pitch, that's an honor, and you do it.

My manager always preaches golf comes first.

Kids below 10 or 12, I think they just need to learn by playing at golf. Later on, in high school, when they develop muscles and everything, that's when they need to see about getting lessons.

I like bright colors.

People always ask 'Why is Bubba different?' They're just trying to figure it out.

I'd love to be part of the process of building cars.

Everybody exaggerates a little bit.

I've learned... that sometimes coming public with certain things, it inspires other people. And sometimes I want to keep things private... but then I found out that it helps other families.

Instead of playing with army men or whatever, I played golf, like for hours every day.

Why do I want somebody to tell me what to do, tell me what I'm doing wrong? I want to be the boss.

I'm mostly just getting used to the idea that people want to hear what I have to say.

There is a lot of learning I have to do and a lot of growing up I have to do.

I'm as good as I can be right now, i don't see anything that I need to really change or do differently. I'm on top of my game.