In golf, 'close' is like the north and south rim of the Grand Canyon.

It's not so much what you accomplish in life that really matters, but what you overcome that proves who you are, what you are, and whether you are a champion.

Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good.

I don't think anywhere is there a symbiotic relationship between caddie and player like there is in golf.

When Nicklaus plays wells well, he wins. When he plays badly, he finishes second. When he plays terribly, he finishes third.

It's not what you accomplish in life that matters; it's what you overcome.

Pebble is a piece of sacred ground. They say it's the greatest meeting of land and water in the world. This course was heaven designed - just the way it fits on the land.

Nobody ever heard Jack Nicklaus say "I don't know" about anything.

Look, I'm not trying to be critical when I'm on the air.

Sports are 90% inspiration and 10% perspiration.

Every day I try to tell myself that this is going to be fun today. I try to put myself in a great frame of mind before I go out - then I screw it up with the first shot.

Be the calm in someone else’s storm.

Can't be on the front lines fighting a war with the weapons given to you by the enemy.

The first thing I am going to tell my successor is, don't trust the military men – even on military matters." JFK

... people loved to suffer, as long as the suffering made sense. Everybody suffered. The key was to choose the form of your suffering.

I know this is awkward, but when you laugh after almost everything you say, it ends up undermining you.

All I really want - when I pray , I don't really ask for anything. All I want to do is God's will and make the best decisions I can. I don't go out and preach.

I hope to encourage people to take flight on their mats, in their lives, and in their hearts.

You can always tell somebody's sense of humor by if they like this movie or not.

When there's no sign of hope in the desert, so much hope still lives inside despair. Heart, don't kill that hope.

There comes a point where it is just undignified to be a rock 'n' roll star.