Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.

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.

Stop worrying about where you are at the moment and start getting excited about what the future holds for you through consistent actions and faith.

The substitute for knowledge is money.

All new learning looks at first like chaos.

I'm certainly driven, I hate losing, I can be ruthless and short-tempered and terribly competitive.

Creativity is the defeat of habit by originality.

Death is God's way of telling you not to be such a wise guy.

It was always the view of my parents...that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people.

I rise early because no day is long enough for a day's work.

Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.

Love is blind, it stops lovers seeing the silly things they do.