Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joe E. Lewis

I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play.

Eric Dickerson

I love golf. But do you know how I got good at golf? Because of Charles Barkley. I was playing with Charles, Michael Jordan and Roy Green, and Charles was talking so much trash. On every shot, he was talking trash. So I left the tournament, and I went and practiced for a year and half.

Eric Dickerson

I've stayed buddies with my old buddy Jackie Slater. I talk to Jackie Slater. I play golf with Marcus Allen a lot. I play golf with Marshall Faulk a lot. My buddy Craig Young, he lives up in New Mexico. I still talk to a lot of the guys.

Michelle Wie

The first time I grabbed a golf club, I knew that I'd do it for the rest of my life.

Rafael Nadal

I am decidedly unfriendly during a golf game, from the first hole to the last.

Sean Connery

The great Jack Nicklaus summed things up neatly during a charity match on the Old Course at St. Andrews where he and I were playing against Ben Crenshaw and Glen Campbell. I asked him what he considered to be the most important factor to overcome in the game of golf. His reply, "It's an unfair game."

Sean Connery

The terrible beauty is that in the brotherhood of golf we are all the same - certifiable.

Sean Connery

I'm swimming every day and I'm even trying to get the golf swing working again - but that might take a little bit longer.

Sean Connery

I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly.

Sean Connery

You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I'd rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.

Michael Phelps

So, you know, if, if I wanted to get up and just play golf one day, I would just get up and play golf. If I wanted to go to Vegas, I would just get up and go to Vegas.

Neil Gaiman

The end of the story of Batman is he's dead. Because, in the end, the Batman dies. What else am I going to do? Retire and play golf? It doesn't work that way. It can't. I fight until I drop. And one day, I will drop.

John Terry

I like to play snooker, golf as well.

John Scott

You look out on the driving range and it looks like snow, but it isn't, it's covered in golf balls.

Tobias Smollett

Of this diversion the Scots are so fond, that, when the weather will permit, you may see a multitude of all ranks, from the senator of justice to the lowest tradesman, mingled together, in their shirts, and following the balls with utmost eagerness.

Michelle Wie

If I ever get bored with golf, I'm going to start over and play lefthanded.

Michelle Wie

The best part about golf is when you hit the ball long. It feels really good.

Terry O'Quinn

I'll watch golf while I work out. I'm your average golf fan.

Terry O'Quinn

When I find a golf course or a restaurant or a market that I like, that's pretty much exclusively where I go.

Michael Strahan

My hobbies and leisure activities include cars and golf.

Michael Bamberger

Swinging at daisies is like playing electric guitar with a tennis racket: if it were that easy, we could all be Jerry Garcia. The ball changes everything.

Henry Beard

When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can either hit one more club or two more balls.

Henry Beard

Wear it if it clashes.

Henry Beard

A driving range is the place where golfers go to get all the good shots out of their system.

Henry Beard

Hole in One: an occurence in which a ball is hit directly from the tee into the hole in a single shot by a golfer playing alone.

Henry Beard

Handicap: an allocation of strokes on one or more holes that permits two golfers of very different ability to do equally poorly on the same course.

Henry Beard

Follow through: The part of the swing that takes place after the ball has been hit, but before the club has been thrown.

Henry Beard

It's often necessary to hit a second shot to really appreciate the first one.

Henry Beard

Bets lengthen putts and shorten drives.

Henry Beard

Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts.

Henry Beard

If the wind is in your face, you swing too hard just to get the ball through it; if the wind is at your back, you swing too hard just to see how far you can get the ball to go.

Henry Beard

A ball will always come to rest halfway down a hill, unless there is sand or water at the bottom.

Henry Beard

Fairway: a narrow strip of mown grass that separates two groups of golfers looking for lost balls in the rough.