What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do.

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.

If life is for love, then start loving at this very moment.

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice journalism what will be grasped at once.

Telling a story is like playing a fiddle. No one want's to hear it when it's done badly

My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m.

Ideas, more than money, are really the currency for success.

Don't beat yourself up for not being perfect. But you might want to kick your own a## if you're not trying to get better.

But we have to ask ourselves, what's the purpose of the stock market? It's supposed to be a source of capital for growing business. It's lost that purpose.

I can't choose the most meaningful song that I've written. That would be like choosing one child over another. But first borns are always special.

I feel that whatever you put out is what you'll get back. I always put out, 'hey, hi, I'm a bass player, no bullshit,' and that's what I got back. I got the respect.

Happy! Who is happy? Was there not a serpent in Paradise itself? And if Eve had been perfectly happy beforehand, would she have listened to the tempter?