My boys don't play as much as they used to, but when we do go out and play, it gets competitive, that's for sure - there's no question about it.

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.

The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes

There is nothing better - nothing - than knowing that the risen Christ lives right now in heaven, singing over his people - singing over me - with love.

I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature of my life generally.

Monday is great if I can spend it in bed. I'm a man of simple pleasures, really.

My teaching exists in a different part of my brain. However, I am lucky enough to teach very smart graduate students.

Every show is your last show. That's my philosophy.

The longer you go by yourself the weirder you get, and the weirder you get the longer you go by yourself.

Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

It is faith that makes a lion of a man.