Carol Mann Quotations

[When asked how tall she is:] I'm five feet, 15 inches.

[When asked how someone 6'3" had dared take up golf:] I was too tall to make the chess team in my high school, so I tried golf.

A serious athlete to me is one who is committed to excellence at any level, at any age, in any endeavor and in either sex. This commitment begins with a dream and a sense of talent and skill and determination to make that dream come true.

The arc of your swing doesn't have a thing to do with the size of your heart.

A golf swing is a collection of corrected mistakes.

Her swing changed in a way I hadn't seen before. She quit turning and got steep. She stopped being a repeater, which is what she usually does better than anybody.

The Open is the home of the over-try.

Before mental skills can really make a difference, a golfer has to develop swing skills and course management. Focusing on the mental is where a guy like Ernie can make huge strides.

What happens is that women tend to panic when they're losing it. Whereas, generally speaking, men, rather than panic, go to another place: resignation. At a U.S. Open, panic is worse. Your brain floods, everything slips away, and there is nothing you can do.