Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Henry Beard

Duffers who consistently shank their balls are urged to buy and study Shanks - No Thanks by R.K. Hoffman, or in extreme cases, M.S. Howard's excellent Tennis for Beginners.

Henry Beard

A tap-in is a putt that is short enough to be missed one-handed.

Randy Owen

The golf team is off to a strong start.

Michelle Wie

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

Johnny Miller

Nobody ever heard Jack Nicklaus say "I don't know" about anything.

Johnny Miller

Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.

Johnny Miller

I don't think anywhere is there a symbiotic relationship between caddie and player like there is in golf.

Johnny Miller

For me, 'choking' is just another term in golf.

Johnny Miller

In golf, 'close' is like the north and south rim of the Grand Canyon.

Johnny Miller

There are plenty of guys who played great golf, had great careers and only won a few majors.

Johnny Miller

The dollars aren't so important... once you have them.

Johnny Miller

Golf's Holy Grail - a genius course.

Johnny Miller

Pebble is a piece of sacred ground. They say it's the greatest meeting of land and water in the world. This course was heaven designed - just the way it fits on the land.

John Cena

I'm a huge car guy, I cannot wait to see it [Ferrari World]. I hear there is also unbelievable golf which I'd like to sample and I'm looking forward to seeing what the gym facilities are like

Tom Watson

You don't win golf tournaments when you do that.

Robert Kiyosaki

I thrive on the adrenaline of excitement and danger. I just cannot stand boredom on the other side of it. Why am I a person who loves guns? I have no idea. Why do I like to go hunting? I don't know. It doesn't make sense to me. Why does somebody love golf, because that doesn't make sense to me either.

Steve Spurrier

You can only play so much golf and lay around the beach,

Archie Manning

This isn't a tennis match or golf. This isn't Tiger (Woods) versus Vijay (Singh),

Stephen Merchant

I like playing a bit of golf. But, if people went around beating people to death with golf clubs, I'd say, 'Ban golf. I'll take up tennis'

Stephen Leacock

I've seen lifelong friends drift apart over golf just because one could play better, but the other counted better.

Ray Romano

Whenever I walk off the golf course, I thank God that I'm able to tell a joke. I thank God I'm good at something.

Ray Romano

If golf wasn't enjoyable and there wasn't a lot of humor and enjoyment, even though the game is so frustrating, you would wonder why you put yourself through it.

Ray Floyd

If I owned a Rembrandt and it had some dull colors, I don't think I'd go put reds and yellows in there just to brighten it up. I feel the same way about old golf courses. When you have a masterpiece, I sure wouldn't tinker with it.

Ray Floyd

I was from North Carolina, so as a youngster all of my mind games about golf were always, If I make this I win The Masters, if I hole this par putt I win The Masters. So it was a great thrill to play there.

Ray Floyd

I'm used to the golf course playing soft, so tomorrow I'm going to have to pay attention a little bit more.

Ray Floyd

Golf is a game, and games are meant to be enjoyed.

Ray Floyd

Visualization. It may be the most important part of your mental package.

Raphael Saadiq

I have musician friends who play too much golf, and they're not as good at music anymore.

Robert Hass

Golf is a worrier's game, inward, concentrated, a matter of inches, invented by the same people who gave us Presbyterianism.

Tea Leoni

At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes