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Maybe I've lost a little, but I think everyone does over time. People have been writing that I'm getting old every year, and eventually they're going to be right. There's nobody in this game that's doing the same things they once did in the peak years of their career.

I've put in 63 years now in the big leagues as a player, coach, manager. And now just being around these young guys, it keeps you going pretty good.

It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.

I think one thing I had going for me that a lot of rookies didn't is that we played 15, 16 games every year in college.

You got guys now declaring they're ready to play pro ball in their second or third year of high school. It's crazy! They're missing so much.

You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year... unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.

Young players are starting to come up as well and they will see me as one of the older, experienced ones.

I began playing in the senior circuit when I was 15 and won the world senior amateur title the same year.

I used to break a lot of clubs. I probably was a little different than your average junior player. I did have a lot longer hair and a lot more brown hair. But my demeanor, you know, really from maybe my second, third year on Tour, has gotten a lot more even keel.

There are a lot of young players here right now, and these guys are going to eventually learn as they go. Next year we can't use that as an excuse that we had so many young players on the team.