I never thought about being No. 1. I just kept trying to be No. 1.

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.

If you're feeling helpless, help someone. ”― Aung San Suu Kyi (from Freedom from Fear)

Humility is not an attribute but a key to development.

It is better to live alone in DARKNESS than to be in LIGHT with people full of darkness INSIDE.

I saw an injured black cat. God knows, who has crossed her path.

As if I'd had time to drug it in the two milliseconds she'd let me out of her sight.

A man needs self-acceptance or he can't live with himself he needs self-criticism or others can't live with him.

To an untrained eye, need and love were as easily mistaken for each other as the real master's painting and a forgery.

I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.

Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath too seriously, as an imperative to do everything for the patient regardless of the cost or effects on others

It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.