Billy Casper
Billy Casper
William Earl Casper, Jr.was an American professional golfer. He was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth24 June 1931
CountryUnited States of America
golf coats care
I don't care about that. The Green Coat is enough for me.
golf thinking trying
Try to think where you want to put the ball, not where you don't want it to go.
character golf men
Golf puts a man's character on the anvil and his richest qualities - patience, poise, restraint - to the flame.
golf thinking games
Think ahead. Golf is a next-shot game.
play giving next
Play every shot so that the next one will be the easiest that you can give yourself.
love men gentleman
Recently I gave a lecture and a gentleman came to me and asked how I'd like to be remembered, i'd never been asked that before, so I thought for a few seconds. And I said I want to be remembered that I had a great love for my fellow man.
furniture aging problem
Like a lot of fellows around here, I have a furniture problem. My chest has fallen into my drawers.
sports world golfers
Golfers are the greatest worriers in the world of sport.
athletics became developed kids overcame performing thick
When I was in first grade, the kids called me 'fatso.' It hurt, but the way I overcame it was to outrun every kid in the class. So I developed a thick skin, and athletics became my way of performing and being accepted.
experience nowhere spirit
When I drive into Augusta and down Magnolia Lane, there's just a spirit and nostalgia about it that you experience nowhere else. Why? Because it's the same place every year.
against clothed dedicated family generating good income mattered playing record rest stacked
I was so dedicated to generating income to keep my family housed and clothed and schooled. That mattered to me. And playing good golf mattered to me. The rest of the things, like how my record stacked up against others, never made that much difference.
eventually finally paid played price shooting time tour
I played golf for 25 years before I made a hole-in-one of any kind. I was on the tour for years before it finally happened. Eventually I made 23, but boy, that first one was a long time coming. It was the price I paid for not shooting at every flag.
although caught dwells family guy history majors means playing record rewriting seeing selfish share worried
I never got caught up in playing for history, seeing how many majors I could win, or rewriting the record books. Those are selfish objectives, and the guy who chokes usually does so because he dwells on what it all means to him. I was only worried about my family. And although I had my share of failures, it was never because I choked.
bad change early happens hit learned move next
I learned something very important early on: You accept what happens and move on. In other words, if I hit a bad shot, I can't change it. There is only the next shot. That was a big lesson.