I've said many times, 'You learn to win through not liking to lose.' And that's what I mean by learning how to win.

If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively, then the design strategy is flawed.

I didn't learn how to swing a golf club until late in my career. And even though I won all those tournaments, I still struggled with consistency, and I relied on my strengths, which were hitting the ball long and high, and I could chip and putt with the best of 'em.

That's one of the things you get when you're playing golf. You get bad backs, bad necks.

You often feel that your prayers scarcely reach the ceiling; but, oh, get into this humble spirit by considering how good the Lord is, and how evil you all are, and then prayer will mount on wings of faith to heaven.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

I've heard people say that God is the gift of desperation, and there's a lot to be said for having really reached a bottom where you've run out of any more good ideas or plans for everybody else's behavior; or how to save and fix and rescue; or just get out of a huge mess, possibly of your own creation.

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.