This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

Wherever I am when you feel sick at heart and weary of life, or when you stumble and fall and don’t know if you can get up again, think of me. I will be watching and smiling and cheering you on.

Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.

I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.

There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport... It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.

If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.