The thing I probably love the most is driving out with the championship trophy under my arm.

It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.

If you're stupid enough to whiff, you should be smart enough to forget it.

If you can see it, you can hit it and if you can hit it, you can hole it.

Each and every generation must discover its own mission or drown into the well of oblivion

I hope that in my books there's an undertone of politics, basic tenets of how we should live.

It's OK to do cute little things like kissing a turtle, but you can't kiss another person because he's a different color? Give me a break. And you have to remember, I'm from Dallas, Texas.

A servile race Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place; Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools, Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules.

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done.

The contour eludes me.

I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.

A true friend sees past your excuses to the real reason it's not your fault.

Gods always behave like the people who make them.