Of all human activities, writing is the one for which it is easiest to find excuses not to begin – the desk’s too big, the desk’s too small, there’s too much noise, there’s too much quiet, it’s too hot, too cold, too early, too late. I had learned over the years to ignore them all, and simply to start.

[Boxer is] the ultimate tool for the serious pro' that can't afford the time and patience to mess around with lesser products.

You find out what you think by talking to yourself.

People perish. Books are immortal.

Tape is the archiving champ and has been for decades. Reliable, less expensive than disks and available in large-scale robotic systems that store petabytes.

In a generation or two, or maybe sooner, young golfers of true sporting instinct will wonder why all this handling of the ball is necessary. It will seem to them that the game is not as good as it might be.

That young man seeks opportunities to test his principles as readily as a drunk picks fights in a bar.