Golf Quotes - Page 38

I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.

I want people to judge me on what we have achieved after five years. I will go back to my home in Bermuda, play some golf and live a healthier life.

You have Obama that wants to play golf instead of deal with people.

Earth ... God's golf ball.

Tennis is like a wonderful, longstanding relationship with a husband. Golf is a tempestuous, lousy lover; it's totally unpredicatable, a constant surprise.

Golf is the only game where the worst player gets the best of it. He obtains more out of it as regards both exercise and enjoyment, for the good player gets worried over the slightest mistake, whereas the poor player makes too many mistakes to worry about them.

Regardless of what the tour pros think, golf is a rich and varied game, and what all of us awkward fools do on weekends is what golf is truly all about.

I've always said as a political scientist that "culture" is what we use when we can't explain things. I think it's more about accessibility. Part of the problem is that this is an expensive game [golf]. I know in a couple of places where there are black members, and they come from pretty much the same socioeconomic level that the white members come from.

That's great. They should put the hole in the fairway.

It's very difficult to move yourself up bit by bit. It's like trying to eat an elephant for God's sake. I can do it. It's just I have to have it bite by bite, you know. It's possible. You can eat an elephant, but you have to do it bite by bite. You can't do it all in one go.

When I used to gamble, I looked for players with head covers on their irons. Those guys I could beat.

I'm playing like Tarzan-and scoring like Jane.

In my day we simply didn't believe that it was possible to play as well as these young fellows do. We thought that strength denied touch and that you could not consistently hit the ball both long and straight. It's been proven that you can.

Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much.

I'm a golfer not a history major.

My psychiatrist prescribed a game of golf as an antidote to the feelings of euphoria I experience from time to time.

My wife, she still gives me a hard time, and says I hunt too much or I like to play golf too much. And she's probably right, but it sure beats some of the things I used to do.

The 'enemy' in golf is tension.

That's life. The older you get, the tougher it is to score.

Gerry Ford is easy to spot on the course. He drives the cart with the red cross painted on top.

A photographer kept shooting me every time I swung. I was very flattered until I found out he was from Field and Stream.

Golf's really fun in Japan because of the women caddies. ... I saw one guy start out playing alone with his caddie. By the 9th hole they were engaged and when they finished on 18 they had a foursome.

I just hope I don't have to explain all the times I've used His name in vain when I get up there.

If you think golf is relaxing, you're not playing it right.

I never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the course.