Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

Every time someone tries to prevent a war from beginning...people get killed.

Own your truths—all of them. Be honest. Be genuine. Be straightforward. Be refreshing!

Actions Matter: Do As I Do. Not As I Say.

I think once you start traveling, you don’t stop

I came to the realization a couple months ago that I am fat. If you get tired from walking - and that's all that golf is - then you are officially fat.

I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did.

You don't change what you love or you never loved it to begin with.

You reach a certain age -- sometimes it's fifteen, sometimes it's forty-six -- and you realize the cliche you have adopted for yourself isn't working.

There is not one world for man and one for animals, they are part of the same one and lead parallel lives.

Your Philosophy of life shapes you more than anything else