Famous Quotes & Sayings

Walter Hagen

Why waste good shots in practice when you might need them in a match?

Walter Hagen

He may have gone to bed three hours ago, but he knows who he is playing. You can rest assured that he hasn't slept a wink.

Walter Hagen

Which one of you is going to be runner-up?

Walter Hagen

Here Eddie, hold the flag while I putt out.

Walter Hagen

That's the easiest 69 I ever made.

Walter Hagen

If you worry about the ones you missed, you are going to keep missing them.

Walter Hagen

When I have a match to play, I begin to relax as soon as I wake up. Everything I do, I do slow and easy. That goes for stroking the razor, getting dressed, and eating my breakfast. I'm practically in slow motion. By the time I'm ready to tee off, I'm so used to taking my time that it's impossible to hurry my swing.

Walter Hagen

Every golfer can expect to have four bad shots in a round and when you do, just put them out of your mind. This, of course is hard to do when you've had them and you're not even off the first tee.

Walter Hagen

I would rather be of clear mind and decision with the wrong club than with an unclear mind and the right club.

Yogi Berra

I enjoy now doing what I do... playing golf, relaxing a little, enjoying life.

Yogi Berra

Ninety percent of putts that are short, don't go in.

Winifred Holtby

[On golf:] One of the most distressing defects of civilization.

Winston Churchill

Playing golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

Winston Churchill

Golf. Trying to knock a tiny ball into an even smaller hole with implements ill suited to the purpose.

Will Rogers

Golf is a wonderful exercise. You can stand on your feet for hours, watching somebody else putt.

Will Rogers

Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it's called golf.

William Davis

There are two basic rules which should never be broken. Be subtle. And don't, for God's sake, try to do business with anyone who's having a bad game.

Warren Buffett

If you hit a hole in one every hole, you wouldn’t play golf for very long.

Webb Simpson

Apart from golf, it was a great week.

Samuel L. Jackson

When I'm not working, I like to play golf.

Wendy Ward

I think golfers get over-concerned about results. Enjoy the process: enjoy the opportunity to play.

Kevin Keegan

The great players have a set of golf clubs in their feet

Lily Tomlin

What goes up must come down. But don't expect it to come down where you can find it.

Thierry Henry

And I don't really like golf. I know a lot of English footballers play, but I know that if I go with the club to play, sooner or later I will end up trying to smash the ball with my foot.

Terry Bradshaw

I know this golf tournament has my name on it but it's not about me. It's about the Louisiana Tech family. There is nothing greater than being a part of the Bulldog family.

Ted Allen

The world is full of people who would like nothing better than to spend six hours on a golf course. I would rather be chopping shallots.

Sean Hannity

You can play golf with liberals, be neighbors with them, go out to dinner. I just don't want them in power.

Seve Ballesteros

The only time I talk on the golf course is to my caddie. And then only to complain when he gives me the wrong club.

Seve Ballesteros

I miss it, I miss it, I miss it, I make it.

Seve Ballesteros

In the United States, I'm lucky; in Europe, I'm good.

Seve Ballesteros

I do not trust doctors. They are like golfers. Every one has a different answer to your problems.

Seve Ballesteros

The point is that it doesn't matter if you look like a beast before or after the hit, as long as you look like a beauty at the moment of impact.

Seve Ballesteros

I don't want people to watch the way I dress. I want people to watch the way I play.