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Where I fall down is my short game. I don't practice enough, and when I have to take a half swing from 50 yards out, that's trouble.

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I don't know how I do it, I really don't.

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When you retire you want to get as far away as possible from the game for a couple of years.

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I'm staying in shape, working out.

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I've got a great wife, a great life.

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I don't look at myself as a historical icon, but the reality of it is, yeah, I am playing for history now.

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Andre Agassi was my rival in the '90s, and I think as we got older we sort of transcended the game. He was probably the best player I ever played over my career. There's a list of players that were tough, but Andre, certainly, he was the most unique.

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After I went through two years of not winning an event, what kept me going was winning one more major. Once I won that last U.S. Open, I spent the next six months trying to figure out what was next. Slowly my passion for the sport just vanished. I had nothing left to prove.

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It's not easy to retire at 31. In one respect I was glad I was done. But after a few years of having fun, I got a little restless. When you're 33, 34, and you don't have a focus, you can get kind of lost. As a man, you feel a little bit unfulfilled.

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It's not my place to tell you whom to vote for, to take any political stand, to tell you what religion to believe in. I'm an athlete. I can influence certain things, but when I see other athletes and celebrities telling you whom to vote for, I actually get a bit offended.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: August 12th, 1971

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