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Top 20 Phil Mickelson Quotes (2025 Update)

Phil Mickelson Quote: “I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life.”

1. “I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “I would rather try a shot to win than play safe and finish second.”

2. “I would rather try a shot to win than play safe and finish second.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.”

3. “The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “I think it’s more than whether or not you win or lose. It’s having that opportunity on that final round, final nine, to come down the stretch with a chance to win.”

4. “I think it’s more than whether or not you win or lose. It’s having that opportunity on that final round, final nine, to come down the stretch with a chance to win.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “I have not found my perspective on my career change. What I have found is that my life in general has been more fulfilling. To be able to influence an individual’s life and on who they become as a person is a very rewarding feeling.”

5. “I have not found my perspective on my career change. What I have found is that my life in general has been more fulfilling. To be able to influence an individual’s life and on who they become as a person is a very rewarding feeling.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “I try to respect everybody out here: players, caddies, fans, media.”

6. “I try to respect everybody out here: players, caddies, fans, media.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “It should almost be a prerequisite to play Castle Stuart before you’re allowed to design golf courses nowadays.”

7. “It should almost be a prerequisite to play Castle Stuart before you’re allowed to design golf courses nowadays.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “A great shot is when you pull it off. A smart shot is when you don’t have the guts to try it.”

8. “A great shot is when you pull it off. A smart shot is when you don’t have the guts to try it.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “The only way to win tournaments is with the short game. Over half your shots out here are within 30 or 40 yards. Ballstriking is where I’m trying to improve, yes, but more to eliminate big numbers than make birdies.”

9. “The only way to win tournaments is with the short game. Over half your shots out here are within 30 or 40 yards. Ballstriking is where I’m trying to improve, yes, but more to eliminate big numbers than make birdies.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “Where you can make up ground is if the wind blows and your opponents make big numbers. I think you can shoot three, four, five-under par. But to make up a six, seven or eight-shot lead, that will be tough without the leaders coming back.”

10. “Where you can make up ground is if the wind blows and your opponents make big numbers. I think you can shoot three, four, five-under par. But to make up a six, seven or eight-shot lead, that will be tough without the leaders coming back.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “The winner of this tournament doesn’t just win a major. He become a part of the history of the game.”

11. “The winner of this tournament doesn’t just win a major. He become a part of the history of the game.”

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Phil Mickelson Quote: “My style of play won’t ever change, because I enjoy that aggressive style of golf. It allows me to play my best. When I attack pins, I stay more focused. I get more into the shot and, consequently, I get more out of the shot and out of my game by playing aggressive.”

12. “My style of play won’t ever change, because I enjoy that aggressive style of golf. It allows me to play my best. When I attack pins, I stay more focused. I get more into the shot and, consequently, I get more out of the shot and out of my game by playing aggressive.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “The more you study the course, the more you appreciate what a great test it is.”

13. “The more you study the course, the more you appreciate what a great test it is.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “Changing would not give me the best chance to win. I need to have fun. I need to attack.”

14. “Changing would not give me the best chance to win. I need to have fun. I need to attack.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “I remember when I first came out on tour, it was Greg Norman and Nick Price. We forget how big Norman was, what a presence he was. I remember one of my first tournaments, Greg threw an orange peel down on the ground and some fan ran over and grabbed it. ‘This is Greg Norman’s orange peel!’”

15. “I remember when I first came out on tour, it was Greg Norman and Nick Price. We forget how big Norman was, what a presence he was. I remember one of my first tournaments, Greg threw an orange peel down on the ground and some fan ran over and grabbed it. ‘This is Greg Norman’s orange peel!’”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “Its just as disappointing as it was thrilling to win the Masters. To come very close, to play so hard for 72 holes and play better than everybody but one guy is disappointing.”

16. “Its just as disappointing as it was thrilling to win the Masters. To come very close, to play so hard for 72 holes and play better than everybody but one guy is disappointing.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “I have come to understand and appreciate writers much more recently since I started working on a book last fall. Before that, I thought golf writers got up every morning, played a round of golf, had lunch, showed up for our last three holes and then went to dinner.”

17. “I have come to understand and appreciate writers much more recently since I started working on a book last fall. Before that, I thought golf writers got up every morning, played a round of golf, had lunch, showed up for our last three holes and then went to dinner.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “If you add up all the federal and you look at the disability and the unemployment and the Social Security and the state, my tax rate’s 62, 63 percent. So I’ve got to make some decisions on what I’m going to do.”

18. “If you add up all the federal and you look at the disability and the unemployment and the Social Security and the state, my tax rate’s 62, 63 percent. So I’ve got to make some decisions on what I’m going to do.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “My kids and I sometimes will just sit in my office and talk about what the world was like 68 million years ago. Amanda, our oldest daughter, wanted to be a paleontologist for a long time.”

19. “My kids and I sometimes will just sit in my office and talk about what the world was like 68 million years ago. Amanda, our oldest daughter, wanted to be a paleontologist for a long time.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I’m with them, they make me feel special regardless of how I play.”

20. “My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I’m with them, they make me feel special regardless of how I play.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “It’ll be nice not to have to use my fake IDs anymore.”

21. “It’ll be nice not to have to use my fake IDs anymore.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “I hate to play a tournament in which I’m not contending. It’s just not any fun for me.”

22. “I hate to play a tournament in which I’m not contending. It’s just not any fun for me.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “Well, you know, I don’t really want to trade next year. I certainly enjoyed having the jacket put on me rather than putting it on.”

23. “Well, you know, I don’t really want to trade next year. I certainly enjoyed having the jacket put on me rather than putting it on.”

— Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson Quote: “I don’t think my style of play is what has prevented me from winning major championships. I think that execution has been more of a factor.”

24. “I don’t think my style of play is what has prevented me from winning major championships. I think that execution has been more of a factor.”

— Phil Mickelson

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