I don't think about winning the Masters as part of the slam. You want to win the Masters because of what it means to the game.

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.

some people are lonely for all the right reasons.

A rose is but a rose, it blooms because it blooms; it thinks not of itself, nor asks if it is seen.

Nature is under control but not disturbed.

One of the very hallmarks of our nation is the ideal of E Pluribus Unum. It is a concept that richly flows from the highest ideals of our nation.

If you're a man, you don't have to worry about your manliness.

This world is a comedy, not Life.

There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe.

Life is terrible. It rules us, we do not rule it.

Don't 'discover' a subject of any kind.

You can teach an old dog new tricksif the old dog wants to learn.