Arnold Palmer Quotes

It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

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 most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

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.

If you're stupid enough to whiff, you should be smart enough to forget it.

If you can see it, you can hit it and if you can hit it, you can hole it.

I'm not much for sitting around and thinking about the past or talking about the past. What does that accomplish?

Establish a system you have confidence in and rely on it when you get into tough situations.

I can sum it up like this: Thank God for the game of golf.

What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do.

What separates great players from the good ones is not so much ability as brain power and emotional equilibrium.

Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.

Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.

I am against making golf courses obsolete, going to the national Open and playing half the holes with a one-iron.

Here is a philosophy of boldness to take advantage of every tiny opening toward victory.

Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.

I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

Sam Snead will fly anywhere in my plane with me. Sam's not as worried about the danger as he is about saving money.

Hit it hard, go find it and hit it hard again.

I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.

I think today's athletes generally are spoiled by what's happened to salaries, but I also think that golfers have maintained the best demeanor of any sport.

I never met a winner who had a work ethic. Not somebody who says I have so much talent that naturally I won.

Every day I play golf, that's my goal. To break 70 the other way. To shoot 70 or better.

How did I make a twelve on a par five hole? It's simple - I missed a four foot putt for an eleven.

Golf is a game of inches. The most important are the six inches between your ears.

I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.

One thing I've learned over time is, if you hit a golf ball into water, it won't float.

Golf is deceptively simple, endlessly complicated. A child can play it well and a grown man can never master it. It is almost a science, yet it is a puzzle with no answer.

The thing I probably love the most is driving out with the championship trophy under my arm.

The game has such a hold on golfers because they compete not only against an opponent, but also against the course, against par, and most surely- against themselves.

I always said that if I have the perfect club then I should play the perfect game.

Players need to remember they didn't make golf. Golf made them.

I didn't get playing professional golf until I was 25 years old. And I always said that if I could make it work, I would play as long as I could walk.

Had I not become a professional golfer, I think I would have pursued some type of career in aviation.

An athlete must have a certain cockiness to succeed and win, but an athlete must also care about the game he or she plays.

When you play by the rules, defy mental demons, overcome every challenge, and enjoy a walk in the country at the same time - that's being alive.

Timing is everything in life and in golf.

I had a system, and the system worked.

All the things that I have derived either directly or indirectly through the game of golf are things I owe a great deal to the game and to the people who support the game.

Your worst putt will usually be as good as your best chip.

I think I've heard somebody say that I was a well-dressed golfer. I guess that has something to do with the fact that a lot of people who play golf don't dress very well.

First time I met Jack [Nicholas ] I had heard about his golf and prowess - I was playing in the Ohio amateur.

I would never felt good if I hadn't experienced losing, because losing is part of your life. And it something that if I could teach people to understand that I think it could help them a lot.

Know how to win by following the rules

You must play boldly to win.

I received many years of good advice from my father - how to live, how to play, how to be a gentleman.