Essentially, he has been retired since he was 21.

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.

I'm not a writer who teaches. I'm a teacher who writes.

I do like strong women in my movies. I have five sisters, so I've just grown up with that model.

We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.

Our vision is beclouded and the pathway of our progress is obstructed until we come to know that god can and does express as Good in every person and every situation.

Celebrate Earth Day every day.

The so-called right to reproduce is not an unlimited right.

Trying to fix another person will only add to my anxiety. Letting Jesus work on me is where real progress can happen.

Life is fickle; the fair man doesn't invariably win.

Even in acting, when I watch an actor who I find to be so truthful in their craft, or a musician who gets up there and sings so truthfully - I like that.