You have to watch your handicap. My son Steve says, "Never make a putt you don't have to."

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.

Even amongst fierce flames/ The golden lotus can be planted.

If you’re in your life, chance. Viewed from the outside, like a book you’re reading, it’s fate all the way.

But what is unjust? That depends on a person's thoughts, values, and beliefs. People differ sharply on what is just or unjust in this world. Thus, some people become angry much quicker than others.

So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.

In the early part of your career you are always compared with somebody until you can stand on your own two feet

There can be no great literature in America until her writers have learned to trust her implicitly and love her devoutly.

When I was young I used to read about the decline of Western civilization, and I decided it was something I would like to make a contribution to.

And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.

You have to remove your human sentiment when it comes to greed and the accumulation of wealth.

I'm going to tell it straight, that yes, I'd love to be traded