“It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.”

I was raised a Catholic on both sides of the family. I went to a Catholic grade school and thought everybody in the country was Catholic, because that’s all I ever was associated with.

When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

I give opinions, not advice.

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.

I’m so old, I don’t buy green bananas any more.

Don’t tell your problems to people: eighty percent don’t care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody’s life.

God looks after children, animals and idiots.

If he’s got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don’t hire him.

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

Golf really is the best microcosm of life – or at least the way life should be.

I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.

The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously.

For victory in life, we’ve got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.

Children have much more finely tuned senses of justice, morals, and ethics. They are much more Platonic: children are symmetrical, before we begin to fragment them with our own nonsensical ideas and squelch their natural joy in knowledge.

Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.

There are probably a few library fines I haven’t paid yet, but I’m a pretty clean-cut guy overall.

I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty.

History will dictate what my legacy is. And ‘maverick’ is fine, because I am.

People go through life blindly, ignoring death like revellers at a party feasting on fine foods. They ignore that later they will have to go to the toilet, so they do not bother to find out where there is one.

For me, there’s a fine line between telling a story that’s fictional with lots of details and then removing yourself too much from it, so it’s bloodless, a little too fictional.

I’m fine with that. People say things when it’s time to say them.