The great Jack Nicklaus summed things up neatly during a charity match on the Old Course at St. Andrews where he and I were playing against Ben Crenshaw and Glen Campbell. I asked him what he considered to be the most important factor to overcome in the game of golf. His reply, "It's an unfair game."

If you fear nothing, you love nothing. If you love nothing, what joy can there be in life?

If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus.

I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.

My dear girl, there are some things that just aren't done, such as drinking Dom Perignon '53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That's just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs!

If you can't do it with one bullet, don't do it at all.

Only 4 percent of all the companies owned in Scotland have their head offices in Scotland.