Golfers Quotes - Page 7

• Ben Hogan is the most merciless of all the modern golfers.

  Gene Sarazen

  Modern

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• WHILE A MANS BATTLE against himself is undoubtedly at the heart of golfs abiding appeal, the setting in which it is played is, for most golfers, one of the most wonderful things about it.

  Herbert Wind

  Heart, Battle, Abiding

  Herbert Warren Wind (2016). “Herbert Warren Wind's Golf Book”, p.6, Open Road Media

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• I want to try to become the best golfer in the world.

  Rory McIlroy

  Trying, World, Want

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• The top golfers in the world are like Formula One cars when it comes to their swings.

  Stuart Appleby

  Swings, Car, World

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Nick Faldo

  Golf, Night, Want

  "Learning to smile" by Nick Greenslade, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2007.

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• Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.

  A. A. Milne

  Golf, Games, World

  A. A. Milne (2012). “Not That it Matters”, p.22, The Floating Press

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• Golfers have a tendency to be very masochistic. They like to punish themselves for some reason. A lot of them like tough courses.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Tough, Reason, Tendencies

  "A kinder, gentler Jack". Interview to Maclean’s magazine, www.englishbaytriclub.org. May 16, 1994.

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• Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Player, Swings, Arms

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• As a golfer, you feel like you're perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it's very difficult.

  Ben Crenshaw

  Like You, Racks, Difficult

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• No athletes talk to themselves like tennis players. Pitchers, golfers, goalkeepers, they mutter to themselves, but tennis players talk to themselves-and answer. Tennis players look like lunatics in a public square.

  Andre Agassi

  Sports, Athlete, Player

  Andre Agassi (2015). “The Whirl”, p.11, Vintage

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• I'm a golfer, and what are the two sports you can do till you drop? Golf and surfing. They're great for you limber-wise, they're great for you health-wise, and they put you in sweet locations.

  Matthew McConaughey

  Sports, Wise, Sweet

  "SURFER, DUDE Interview with Producer/Star Matthew McConaughey and Writer/Director S.R. Bindler". Interview, collider.com. September 11, 2008.

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• At first a golfer excuses a dismal performance by claiming bad lies. With experience, he covers up with better ones.

  Lee P. Brown

  Lying, Golf, Cover Ups

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• My dad's a scratch golfer and I've got the knack of seeing something and then replicating it. I saw my dad swing a club and I worked out how to do the same thing. My backswing and follow-through have been basically the same since I was two.

  Rory McIlroy

  Dad, Swings, Two

  "McIlroy a Master in the making when he thinks outside The Box". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. April 6, 2009.

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• I've always wanted to be a professional golfer. So what if you always wanted to be an entrepreneur?

  Guy Kawasaki

  Entrepreneur, What If, Wanted

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• I am proud of my achievements, my work ethic, and the way I live my life. The PGA Tour not only treated me unfairly, but displayed a lack of professionalism that should concern every professional golfer and fan of the game.

  Vijay Singh

  Games, Work Ethic, Achievement

  "Vijay Singh sues PGA Tour in supreme court over doping sanction" by Ewan Murray, www.theguardian.com. May 8, 2013.

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• Every professional golfer has a seperate coach for his drives, for approaches, for putting. In football we have one coach for 15 players. This is absurd.

  Johan Cruijff

  Change, Football, Player

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• Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you?

  Ben Hogan

  Funny, Sports, Athlete

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

  Fiona Wood

  Education, Father, Learning

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• I don't just want to be the best black player or the best Asian player. I want to be the best golfer ever.

  Tiger Woods

  Golf, Player, Black

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• A golfer rarely needs to hit a spectacular shot until the one that preceded it was pretty bad.

  Harvey Penick

  Needs, Shots, Spectacular

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• People always say golfers don't smile. But there is so much psychology in golf so we have to be a bit robotic.

  Lee Westwood

  Smile, Golf, People

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• Golfers are the greatest worriers in the world of sport.

  Billy Casper

  Sports, World

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• My whole family is missing that sports gene. I hope I didn't screw that up by marrying a great golfer.

  Penn Jillette

  Sports, Missing, Genes

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A lot of golfers go to the range and just hit full shots. That doesn't build on-course confidence, because you won't always hit full shots out there. My confidence is built on knowing I can effectively work the ball in any circumstance.

  JoAnne Carner

  Sports, Confidence, Knowing

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• The fun you get from golf is in direct ratio to the effort you don't put into it.

  Bob Allen

  Funny, Golf, Effort

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