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."

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

The terrible beauty is that in the brotherhood of golf we are all the same - certifiable.

My boy, we are pilgrims in an unholy land.

I take the good with the bad. I can't love people in slices.

A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing; and if you love nothing, what joy is there in your life?

You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The first key to writing is to write, not to think.