The game was easy for me as a kid. I had to play a while to find out how hard it is.

They call it golf because all the other four-letter words were taken.

If you travel first class, you think first class and you are more likely to play first class.

I had a prejudice against the British until I discovered that fifty percent of them were female.

Guys get voted into the Hall of Fame who don't belong, who lack the numbers. I'm very upset at the Hall of Fame for that. It's not fair to the people who went in early.

Visualization. It may be the most important part of your mental package.

I'm used to the golf course playing soft, so tomorrow I'm going to have to pay attention a little bit more.

How can you get tired of playing golf?

Golf is a game, and games are meant to be enjoyed.

There are more bogeys in the last nine holes of the U.S. Open than in any other tournament in God's creation.

One major should not get you into the Hall of Fame - maybe one major and 40 wins. I'm not gonna pick a guy with one major and 11 wins.

When asked to spell Mississippi the boy asked "The river or the state?"

From good to bad, and from bad to worse, From worse unto that is worst of all, And then return to his former fall.

For every bad there might be a worse; and when one breaks his leg let him be thankful it was not his neck.

Thoughts - even fears - were airy things, formless until you made them solid with your voice and once given that weight, they could crush you.

Luxury is nice, but creativity is nicer.

Once you duct-tape a Ziploc bag to a man's chest, there's no going back.

Today, I bought a pastrami sandwich: $13.75. Walked back out in the street - genuine Rolex watch: six bucks.

A good place to start initially would be school plays.

I don't take myself very seriously. I like to make people laugh. You know, it's like, if a woman can't be happy for another woman's work, they have to go work on that.

There are no wrong notes; some are just more right than others.