I know it sounds selfish, wanting to do something no one else has done. But that's what you're out here for - to separate yourself from everyone else.

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 writing an unauthorized autobiography.

The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as the future.

To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

I started off doing live TV, so I kind of learnt that if I get myself into trouble, I get myself out of it.

Everything in modern civilization is based on this concept of time which is not really valid.

I was never upset that I did not get an Emmy. That I did get an Emmy nomination, I couldn't be happier and prouder.

I think goodness is very powerful, but often evil is made more attractive in films. It's a challenge to make goodness appealing.

Even more than this, however, the sick - like lepers - were often reviled because people believed that they had brought their torments upon themselves.

I didn't want to do the whole, get the hottest person thing. I wanted to make sure every record felt right.

Nature is my main source of inspiration - I will never stop taking hints from what I call 'the greatest artist'