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I can count my friends on one hand.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

Actually, I only have a few friends in real life. And when I say friends, I'm referring to those people who I've known since the 1960s.

Whether it's golf or writing, you have friends, and then you have 'friends' friends. Friends who are like family. I can count my close friends on two hands, which is good, I think. That's a lot. Some are at home in Spain, others are elsewhere, and some are in golf.

We and others have done a bunch of work to show that if your real friends online say or do something, it affects you. But if your acquaintances online say or do something, it does not. People on average have about 106 Facebook friends, but only 5 or 6 real friends.

Millions of years ago, our brains became wired to remember about 150 people as 'close friends.'

To me, I have my friends who I've known my whole life, and I can count them on one hand. They're people I went to school with, my mum's friends' daughters. You know?

My dad said to me growing up: 'When all is said and done, if you can count all your true friends on one hand, you're a lucky man.'

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

You can never have too many friends.