Top 40 Bubba Watson Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “My dad’s not here, but he’s watching in heaven.”

— Bubba Watson

2. “I don’t take anything for granted.”

— Bubba Watson

3. “I keep defying the odds, you know.”

— Bubba Watson

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

— Bubba Watson

5. “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.”

— Bubba Watson

6. “I love France. France is a nice place.”

— Bubba Watson

7. “Why do I want somebody to tell me what to do, tell me what I’m doing wrong? I want to be the boss.”

— Bubba Watson

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

— Bubba Watson

9. “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.”

— Bubba Watson

10. “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.”

— Bubba Watson

11. “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.”

— Bubba Watson

12. “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.”

— Bubba Watson

13. “If I have a swing, I have a shot.”

— Bubba Watson

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

— Bubba Watson

15. “It’s about hitting the ball in the center of the club face and hitting it hard.”

— Bubba Watson

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

— Bubba Watson

17. “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.”

— Bubba Watson

18. “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.”

— Bubba Watson

19. “I just want to be me and play golf.”

— Bubba Watson

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

— Bubba Watson

21. “I am uncomfortable with heights, I’m scared of the dark and I am scared of big crowds.”

— Bubba Watson

22. “Everybody exaggerates a little bit.”

— Bubba Watson

23. “Winning the green jacket is great – I can pay for all the diapers I’m going to have to get.”

— Bubba Watson

24. “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.”

— Bubba Watson

25. “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.”

— Bubba Watson

26. “I’m a golfer not a history major.”

— Bubba Watson

27. “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...”

— Bubba Watson

28. “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.”

— Bubba Watson

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

— Bubba Watson

30. “I grew up a diehard Yankees fan.”

— Bubba Watson

31. “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.”

— Bubba Watson

32. “I’d love to be part of the process of building cars.”

— Bubba Watson

33. “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.”

— Bubba Watson

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

— Bubba Watson

35. “People always ask ‘Why is Bubba different?’ They’re just trying to figure it out.”

— Bubba Watson

36. “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.”

— Bubba Watson

37. “My manager always preaches golf comes first.”

— Bubba Watson

38. “I like bright colors.”

— Bubba Watson

39. “I have to chose my words carefully.”

— Bubba Watson

40. “I’m mostly just getting used to the idea that people want to hear what I have to say.”

— Bubba Watson

41. “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.”

— Bubba Watson