Good golf begins with a good grip.

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Every day that you don't practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness

The most important shot in golf is the next one.

Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.

The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.

If you can't outplay them, outwork them.

Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn't it

Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.

There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.

If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.

The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.

Rare indeed is the seed who can bury its nightmares & still stem & blossom into its wildest dreams.

You wish to see; listen. Hearing is a step toward Vision.

I'm lucky I had parents willing to be open and believe that an 11-year-old might know what she wanted to do. Or maybe they thought I'd find out that's what I didn't want to do.

In Bach there is still too much crude Christianity, crude Germanism, crude scholasticism; he stands on the threshold of European (modern) music, but he looks back from there to the Middle Ages.

But, come to think of it, there was no need to wait. Time travelers don't have to wait for anybody.

Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence [and] those with less power are often most aware of its existence.

. . .nothing could eclipse the stain of his dirty, mortal mediocrity.

New Zealand is not used to wealth. In America wealth is kind of a thing of pride. Here it's the opposite. The more you've got, the bigger the target you are.

For a while, I was nervous about portraying women because of the objectification that automatically comes with it, whether the artist intends or not.