Golf Life Quotes

• My father's saying, The harder you work, the luckier you get.

  Fiona Wood

  Education, Father, Learning

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• 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

  Golf, Tennis, Beginners

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• No game designed to be played with the aid of personal servants by right-handed men who can't even bring along their dogs can be entirely good for the soul.

  Bruce McCall

  Dog, Golf, Men

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• There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.

  Lee Trevino

  Sports, Perseverance, Golf

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• "Play it as it lies" is one of the fundamental dictates of golf

  Henry Beard

  Lying, Golf, Play

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• 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 Andrews

  Golf, Blood, Squinting

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• I'd play every day if I could. It's cheaper than a shrink and there are no telephones on my golf cart.

  Brent Musburger

  Golf, Play, Telephones

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• You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.

  Lee Trevino

  Sports, Husband, Golf

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• What's nice about our tour is you can't remember your bad shots.

  Bob Bruce

  Nice, Golf, Remember

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• Who watches golf on TV? Who calls eight friends over and gets a keg of beer? Landscapers, I guess. They sit around the TV, yelling, "Will you look at that golf path?Pure pea gravel."

  Jeff Cesario

  Beer, Golf, Yelling

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• You don't know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two bucks in your pocket.

  Lee Trevino

  Golf, Play, Two

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• The harder you work, the luckier you become.

  Carl Karcher

  Wrestling, Golf, Bodybuilding

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• It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Sports, Inspiration

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• It's difficult to excel at something you don't truly enjoy.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Enjoy, Difficult, Enjoyment

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• Golf is a lot of walking, broken up by disappointment and bad arithmetic.

  Earl Wilson

  Disappointment, Golf, Broken

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• If you break 100, watch your golf. If you break 80, watch your business.

  Joey Lauren Adams

  Golf, Advice, Watches

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• A lot of guys who have have never choked, have never been in the position to do so.

  Tom Watson

  Golf, Guy, Position

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• The moment the average golfer attempts to play from long grass or a bunker or from a difficult lie of any kind, he becomes a digger instead of a swinger.

  Bobby Jones

  Lying, Golf, Long Grass

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• A leading difficulty with the average player is that he totally misunderstands what is meant by concentration. He may think he is concentrating hard when he is merely worrying.

  Bobby Jones

  Golf, Player, Thinking

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• In golf, you keep your head down and follow through. In the vice presidency, you keep your head up and follow through. It's a big difference.

  Dan Quayle

  Golf, Differences, Vices

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• The woods are full of long drivers.

  Harvey Penick

  Golf, Long, Woods

  Harvey Penick, Davis Love III (2012). “Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.

  Abba Eban

  Humility, Golf, Futility Of Life

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• The better your attitude and the harder you work, the luckier you get.

  Robert G. Allen

  Attitude, Wrestling, Golf

  Robert G. Allen (2006). “Creating Wealth: Retire in Ten Years Using Allen's Seven Principles of Wealth”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• There are two things you can do with your head down - play golf and pray.

  Lee Trevino

  Golf, Play, Two

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• Any game where a man 60 can beat a man 30 ain't no game.

  Burt Shotton

  Golf, Men, Games

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