Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated. |
Winning isn't everything, but wanting it is. |
The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done. |
What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive. |
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you. |
I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win. |
I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser. |
Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience. |
Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment. |
I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either. |
What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do. |
You must play boldly to win. |
It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily. |
Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character. |
I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win. |