How you frame an issue shapes how it is viewed by others. Great advocates frame their ideas as problems that need solutions.

I will just put four or five extra packs of cigarettes in my bag and I will be fine.

Everybody goes through divorces. There's millions of people that have drinking problems. There's people that their weight goes up and down, just like mine. It's just life. And I think people relate to that. I really do.

All four days I didn't think. I just hit. Squeaky (Medlen, his caddy) said 'kill' and I killed it.

General personal principle: You are generally successful to the degree others want you to succeed. So get adopted! And, even more importantly, it's amazing how much you can get done when you let other people take credit for it.

I know there's a lot of guys who would love to see me fail. Well, good. Let 'em. I'm glad.

I was never able to have three of four beers. One's too many, and ten just ain't enough. Basically it's the way I've been since high school.