Golf Quotes

Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies.

As I watched the seagulls, I thought, That's the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust.

I believe nicotine plus caffeine equals protein.

Life is nothing but a memory. People who dwell on the bad ones aren't going to have a whole lot of good ones coming up.

The main idea in golf as in life, I suppose is to learn to accept what cannot be altered and to keep on doing one's own reasoned and resolute best whether the prospect be bleak or rosy.

Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course... the space between your ears.

Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.

There are only two types of player-those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not.

This fitness thing is blown out of proportion. What am I going to do on a treadmill - smoke a cigarette and drink a diet Coke?

When it blows here, even the seagulls walk.

A smart girl is one who knows how to play tennis, golf, piano -- and dumb.

The worse you're performing, the more you must work mentally and emotionally. The greatest and toughest art in golf is "playing badly well." All the true greats have been masters at it.

Do not be tempted to invest in a sample of each golfing invention as soon as it makes its appearance. If you do, you will only complicate and spoil your game - and encumber your locker with useless rubbish.

I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.

I enjoy the oohs! and aahs! from the gallery when I hit my drives. But I'm getting pretty tired of the awws! and uhhs! when I miss the putt.

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face.

My slogan is who needs fitness when you've got great equipment.

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.

The real way to enjoy playing golf is to take pleasure not in the score, but in the execution of strokes.

Do I have to know rules and all that crap? Then forget it.

I learned you can't drink whiskey and play golf.

Emerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the sea.

I wasn't this nervous playing golf when I was drinking. It's the first tournament I've won on the PGA Tour in a sober manner, so it's a great feeling knowing I can do it sober. I don't think two years ago I could have pulled this off.

Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course

One travels like a golf ball, hopping from green to green.