Most change initiatives either fail or fall far short of original (perhaps unrealistic) expectations. More often than not, resistance is cultural in nature, the result of what James O'Toole so aptly characterizes as "the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom."

Everyone has addictions and my problem is that I have 5,000 of them. If it's not drinking, it's gambling; if it's not gambling, it's eating anything from burgers, doughnuts to M&Ms. The only addiction I don't suffer from is chasing women.

This fitness thing is blown out of proportion. What am I going to do on a treadmill - smoke a cigarette and drink a diet Coke?

I learned you can't drink whiskey and play golf.

I've got the drinkers and the smokers and the eaters on my side.

Life is nothing but a memory. People who dwell on the bad ones aren't going to have a whole lot of good ones coming up.

He's tough (Tiger Woods). I wish I was that tough when I was his age.