Sam Snead Quotes About Golf

Quotes about: Golf

• Forget your opponents; always play against par.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Play, Focus

• Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.

  Sam Snead

  Sports, Golf, Hazards

• If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.

  Sam Snead

  Sports, Golf, Knives

• Practice puts brains in your muscles.

  Sam Snead

  Inspirational, Golf, Practice

• Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Shots, Funny Golf

• You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Balls, Problem

• There is an old saying: if a man comes home with sand in his cuffs and cockleburs in his pants, don't ask him what he shot.

  Sam Snead

  Home, Golf, Men

• Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Dimes, Whiskey

• The only reason I ever played in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Fishing, Hunters

• In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.

  Sam Snead

  Running, Golf, Track

• There are no short hitters on the tour anymore - just long and unbelievably long.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Long, Golfing

• These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

  Sam Snead

  Dirty, Golf, Gold

• Golf course architects make me sick. They can't play themselves, so they rig the courses so nobody else can play either.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Play, Sick

• I've said a thousand times, you can't go into a shop and buy a good golf game.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Games, Shops

  "The lessons I've learned: better golf the Sam Snead way".

• If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Tree, Green

• Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.

  Sam Snead

  Success, Sports, Golf

  Sam Snead (1989). “The Lessons I've Learned: Better Golf the Sam Snead Way”, Macmillan Publishing Company

• The three things I fear most in golf are lightning, Ben Hogan and a downhill putt.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Lightning, Three

• No matter what happens - never give up a hole....In tossing in your cards after a bad beginning you also undermine your whole game, because to quit between tee and green is more habit-forming than drinking a highball before breakfast.

  Sam Snead

  Giving Up, Drinking, Golf

• Golf tip: Lay off for three weeks and then quit for good.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Three, Quitting

• 'You know Bobby, when I was your age I'd drive the ball right over those trees at the corner.' Feeling challenged Mr. Cole hit a big driver right into those big trees. Snead then said 'Of course, when I was your age, those trees were only 10 feet high.'

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Feet, Tree

• I shot a wild elephant in Africa thirty yards from me, and it didn't hit the ground until it was right at my feet. I wasn't a bit scared. But a four foot putt scares me to death.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Elephants, Feet

• To quit between tee and green is more habit-forming than drinking a highball before breakfast.

  Sam Snead

  Drinking, Golf, Breakfast

• When I ask you what club to use, look the other way and don't answer.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Looks, Use

• But you don't have to go up in the stands and play your foul balls. I do.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Play, Balls

• Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Eating, Playing Golf

  Sam Snead (1961). “Sam Snead on golf”

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