I had a 15th club in my bag.

I'm about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That's the distance my left ear is from my right.

A good golf course makes you want to play so badly that you hardly have the time to change your shoes.

I'm going to leave y'all with one thought. I'm a big believer in fate. I have a good feeling about this.

If we are to preserve the integrity of golf as left to us by our forefathers, it is up to all of us to carry on the true spirit of the game.

The reason the Road Hole at St. Andrews is the most difficult par 4 in the world is that it was designed as a par 6.

I don't have any big secret about putting. Just hit at it. It's either going to miss or go in.

Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place.

My golf game's gone off so much that when I went fishing a couple of weeks ago my first cast missed the lake.

I feel like I've won the tournament.

Hale Irwin is the exception. He just does everything so well.

Enlightenment doesn't disconnect you from the world, rather it gives you a deep understanding of it.

Everyone keeps saying, "Oh my God, oh my God, how intimidating." It's like saying, "How could you date Jennifer Aniston after she's been with Brad Pitt?" I don't care.

It's people's own prerogative to be able to look at something and know the difference between 'this is what someone looks like with make-up on' and 'this is what they look like in real life.'

THE GUYS IN THE OLD DAYS WHO BELIEVED THE EARTH WAS ROUND MUST HAVE HAD A VERY ROUGH TIME WITH ACADEMIA

Never back down, never fear anyone, for the best opponents will help you to play your best.

Throughout history, females have picked providers for males. Males pick anything.

Writing is a crummy profession, but a good hobby.

When a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an imaginary world, the pains of this world disappear. For as long as the story goes on, reality no longer exists.

The first book was out and for the first time we were on a book tour. Being the son of an immigrant, I'd never dreamt of being on book tours. Suddenly the attention was huge.

And I remember most of what I know that is good and true and lasting has come not from scholars but from minstrels and gypsies.