We called [my son] Gary "Little Herschel" when he was in middle school - but then he didn't grow any taller. He ended up playing golf and being a really nice golfer.

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.

His client needs him, he says. Needs him? But isn’t he needed at home?

I think I liked you better when you were a raging idiot.

If being sane is thinking there's something wrong with being different, I'd rather be completely #$%^&^& mental.

Your problems with me are not my problems, those are your problems.

Your rewards in life will be determined by what you do, how well you do it, and the difficulty of replacing you.

Really I was open-minded about doing anything, but the one thing I didn't want to do was get myself into a corset, because I was worried I'd never get out again.

We are what we repeatedly do but we can be perceived by what we repeatedly say.

My real fans know who I truly am and they know what I represent and what I mean.

& if I'm fake I aint notice cause my money aint

White does not exist in nature.