I love America. I wanted to play golf.

It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.

If you're stupid enough to whiff, you should be smart enough to forget it.

If you can see it, you can hit it and if you can hit it, you can hole it.

If God closes a door AND a window, consider the fact that it might be time to build a whole new house.

Reader look, not on his picture but his book.

It Might As Well Be Spring... I used to sing that as a young girl in my voice lessons. Then I picked it up again and it spoke to me in a whole new way.

Every book for me is an exorcism in some way or another, working through my feelings at the time.

Funny, how one good cookie could calm the mind and even elevate a troubled soul.

A work of art comes only from inside a human being.

Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities.

Countries are not like financial markets. Social change cannot be executed as swiftly as credit-default swaps. You cannot sell short on social commitments and practical responsibilities.

Of the book of books most wondrous is the tender book of love.

Rich don't work for money. They work for assets.