“I have a big-picture outlook, I am willing to fall, and I understand it’s ok to fall, but I am going to get back up, I may take a step back, but in the end, I am going to take a giant leap forward.”

You can always become better.

America’s a melting pot, all races, cultures, religious choices.

My failures have made me look at myself in a way I’ve never wanted to before.

Green and black go well together, dont they?

I treat golf as a sport. I let other people treat it like a hobby.

Golf is fluid. It’s always changing. It’s always evolving. First of all, you never master it.

I do plan to return to golf one day. I just don’t know when that day will be.

Every sport evolves. Every sport gets bigger and more athletic, and you have to keep up.

It will always be the ball and me.

I always feel pressure. If you don’t feel nervous, that means you don’t care about how you play. I care about how I perform. I’ve always said the day I’m not nervous playing is the day I quit.

In order to hit a good golf shot at that moment in time when you’re standing over the ball, you must believe that golf shot is the most important things in your life.

My mind is my biggest asset.

Winning is not always the barometer of getting better.

Golf is a great way for someone to learn discipline, responsibility and sportsmanship?

I don’t want to become as good as I once was. I want to become better.

I think the guys who are really controlling their emotions, are going to win.

The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I’ve always been an athlete, staying fit is very important.

As athletes, we’re always going to have aches and pains, but when your teammates cheer you on, you don’t think about it.

A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.

I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.

An athlete may run ten thousand miles in order to prepare for one hundred yards. Quantity gives experience.

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.

Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.