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.

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.

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.

Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You've got to believe you can play a shot instead of wondering where your next bad shot is coming from.

If you want to preserve your virginity, it's about not wanting to belong to the human species.

I'm a big believer in doing what you've got to do, but taking a breather when you can.

As far as what people think of me, maybe my stuff should just be put online for free downloads when I'm gone.

God is a snooker player, that's why all the planets are turning!

I dream of a Digital India where knowledge is strength - and empowers the People.

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

I'm just going to go out there and try to win the race. When you go out there trying to go for a record, you're usually not going to get it.

It's in our own lives, every single day, whether we recognize it as funny at the moment or not.

If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, "You Only Live Once."

Everyone plays their own crucial part towards the film.