Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.
The more I practice the luckier I get.
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.
The road to success is always under construction.
Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.
The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.
Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting it is.
I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.
Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.
What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.
I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.
You don't go to Palm Springs in the summer unless you're building a golf course.
I can't be casual about losing. I always think I have a chance to win until winning is absolutely impossible.
There is no king of golf. Never has been, never will be. Golf is the most democratic game on Earth... It punishes and exalts us all with splendid equal opportunity.
I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.
To me, wearing glasses is no pleasure, but once I conceded that I simply couldn't properly judge distance without them, I began to experiment. I tried glasses and found them uncomfortable. I switched to contact lenses, and they also bothered me.
I have a tip that will take five strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.
