Education is a priority over any sport because without a mind you can't contribute to society.

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.

No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that's the exciting part.

Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.

The greatest thing about tomorrow is, I will be better than I am today.

It was a mixed bag pretty much all week. A lot of really, really good stuff out there, some mediocre and some bad.

Talent is something you are born with, and a skill is something you develop. 99% of what you need to succeed in golf are skills

I think the hardest part about Golf is being committed to your wife

I think the guys who are really controlling their emotions ... are going to win.

I always feel pressure. If you don't feel nervous, that means you don't care about how you play. I care about how I perform. I've always said the day I'm not nervous playing is the day I quit.

My mind is my biggest asset. I expect to win every tournament I play.

Tape the sound of the moon fading at dawn. Give it to your mother to listen to when she's in sorrow.

I write small poems— the kind that fit on a postcard… and still can break your heart

A new beginning is better than an old ending

She didn't smile back. Not even a little. I totally needed to read that book on how to win friends and influence people. But that would involve an innate desire to win friends and influence people.

Where pride begins, love ceases.

I want a cheeseburger so badly, but I have to be a vampire in a few weeks.

Advances are made by those with at least a touch of irrational confidence in what they can do.

Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.

The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong.

I don't think I'll take the medal as the minute and a half of the race I actually won. I'll take it as the last decade of the hard slog I put in.