All the things that I have derived either directly or indirectly through the game of golf are things I owe a great deal to the game and to the people who support the game.

It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.

If you're stupid enough to whiff, you should be smart enough to forget it.

If you can see it, you can hit it and if you can hit it, you can hole it.

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

There's a part of me that still hates everything, and my natural view default setting is still very cynical and dark

I find myself maybe just pushing myself to create characters that are a little outside the box, and if that sort of gets the critics talking, then I can take it.

In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits.

Religion is the first sense of community. Your sense of community occurs by reason of mutual experience with others.

I need some time to recover. I'm not a machine.

I will make a battering-ram of my head and make my way through this rough and tumble world.

I keep feeling like everyone wants me to apologize for something.

Has any man ever obtained inner harmony by simply reading about the experiences of others? Not since the world began has it ever happened. Each man must go through the fire himself.

Communism was replaced by the threat of ambitious environmentalism.