Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nick Faldo

Tempo is the glue that sticks all elements of the golf swing together.

Nick Faldo

I never mixed with golfers when I was playing, mainly because I didn't want to talk golf all night.

Nick Faldo

It goes without saying that it is no good having a perfect setup, perfect grip and perfect golf swing if the whole thing is misaligned. It sounds obvious but many players simply do not spend enough time getting themselves on target.

Nick Faldo

Golf is not about the quality of your good shots, it is about the quality of your bad shots.

Nick Faldo

We were happily married for eight months. Unfortunately, we were married for four and a half years.

Nick Faldo

When it blows here, even the seagulls walk.

Nora Johnson

I used to think that elder love, if it even existed, was confined to rocking chairs or golf carts, that it had to be a dull business because of the physical limitations of age.

Nikos Kazantzakis

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

Johnny Mathis

I love the house that I've been living in for over 40 years. I really am a homebody and I still love to play golf.

John Wooden

I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.

Will Rogers

The Income Tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.

You've got to hit the fairway, ... but at the same time, you've got to putt well. The guy that putts well is going to win the golf tournament.

Peter Andrews

There is one thing in this world that is dumber than playing golf. That is watching someone else playing golf. What do you actually get to see? Thirty-seven guys in polyester slacks squinting at the sun. Doesn't that set your blood racing?

Peter Alliss

It is not a matter of life and death. It is not that important. But it is a reflection of life, and so the game is an enigma wrapped in a mystery impaled on a conundrum.

Peter Alliss

The game lends itself to fantasies about our abilities.

Peter Alliss

Those trees seem to grow every year...

Peter Alliss

He used to be fairly indecisive, but now he's not so certain.

Mariska Hargitay

Golf made me feel like a loser. So I dismissed it.

Nolan Bushnell

I'm a big believer in the Wii. I love the physicality of the Wii controller, and how you can get the feeling of throwing a bowling ball or swinging a golf club. Those are the kinds of games I really like.

Mike Weir

The Masters is one of golf's greatest traditions and Augusta is one of the best courses in the world. They are synonymous. It's an event that every golfer, and golf fan, looks forward to.

Mike Weir

Out here, it's just you and the ball.

John Gunther

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

Joan Rivers

Never admit that your back goes out more than you do

Gabrielle Reece

The best thing about golf is ultimately what it teaches you about yourself. And the worst thing is how freakin' nervous it can make you feel.

Frankie Valli

I dont play golf or tennis, I dont ski, I dont snowboard. If you love what you do, you never get enough of it.

John F. Kennedy

It is true that my predecessor did not object, as I do, to pictures of one's golf skill in action. But neither, on the other hand, did he ever bean a Secret Serviceman.

Lindsey Vonn

Golf is all about patience - one tournament is four days long, 18 holes a day.

Leslie Nielsen

The reason they call if 'golf' is that all the other 4 letter words were used up.

Leslie Nielsen

Those who the gods seek to destroy first, learn how to play golf.

Lee Trevino

I may buy the Alamo and give it back to Mexico.

Lee Trevino

A rough should have high grass. When you go bowling they don't give you anything for landing in the gutter, do they?

Lee Trevino

I'm really going to do my homework. I'm going to be down there on the practice tee finding out if a guy's wife beat him up the night before, important stuff like that. Stuff that people want to know.

Lee Trevino

No one who ever had lessons would have a swing like mine.