A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.

Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation.

I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head.

Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.

Pursue what you love, what you are passionate about. Don't let somebody else dictate your life's path.

Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.

Talent isn't as important as the work and dedication necessary to become competent.

The worse you're performing, the more you must work mentally and emotionally. The greatest and toughest art in golf is "playing badly well." All the true greats have been masters at it.

I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.

A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.

Everything that goes into my mouth seems to make me fat, everything that comes out of my mouth embarrasses me.

We forget that money gives its value - that someone exchanged work for it.

The things that concern us during the day are going to influence what we experience during the night.

Love your enemies and drive them nuts.

I don't know if there are topics that I unconsciously avoid, but as soon as they pop up in my writing, I try to take on those topics, whether or not I publish the poems.

Habit is the cement of society, the comfort of life, and, alas! The root of error.

We become so numb to what we're saying.

Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.

A Breath of love can take you all the way to infinity

If you want to read a letter from the Buddha's world, it is necessary to understand Buddha's world.