"It's so hard to make a good..." - Quote by John Updike

“My golf is so delicate, so tenuously wired together with silent inward prayers, exhortations and unstable visualizations, that the sheer pressure of an additional pair of eyes crumbles the whole rickety structure into rubble.”

“From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry and few.”

“I like old men. They can be wonderful bastards because they have nothing to lose. The only people who can be themselves are babies and old bastards.”

“It's a marriage. If I had to choose between my wife and my putter, well, I'd miss her.”

“The ideal build for a golfer would be strong hands, big forearms, thin neck, big thighs and a flat chest. He'd look like Popeye.”

“It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.”

“I actually was a writer who had the ability to perform his own work as opposed to a comedian who wrote his own material. So that really made me happy and changed my whole perspective.”

“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.”

“What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve?”