When I woke up Sunday morning at the Open and stepped outside and felt the wind and rain in my face, I knew I had an excellent chance to win if I just took my time and trusted myself.

Discipline and concentration are a matter of being interested.

Never have a club in your bag that you're afraid to hit.

You can always find a distraction if you're looking for one.

Give luck a chance to happen.

The only thing that relieves pressure is preparation.

Fear comes in two packages fear of failure, and sometimes, fear of success.

A lot of the bunkering is designed more to save you than it is to penalize you.

You can only play one hole at a time.

But Id say that probably 70 percent of the bunkering is more to give you an idea of the direction that you want to go or to save your ball from going into worse places.

It's a heck of a lot harder to stay on top than it is to get there.

Don’t spoil kids by trying to buy them off, to buy their time. Kids aren’t stupid. They know a bribe when they see one. They want a parent not a payoff.

There's a directness and a feistiness to being from Jersey.

A winner is someone who can look in the mirror at the end of the day and say in pursuit of my goal and dreams I gave my best.

There are two types of speakers: those that are nervous and those that are liars.

I was raised by the Christian Brothers, who believe in that, fortunately. They were, to me, the most rebellious arm of the Catholic Church - and one of the most liberal and forward thinking.

We are practicing what we preach so that we may preach what we practice.

All that is beautiful shall abide, All that is base shall die.

Till man destroys "self" he is no true friend of God.

I live with all these people, I live with four people that are involved with my music and I call 'em my team and that's what we call GoodLife.

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right, writes no guarantee against misfortune.