Golf Quotes - Page 33

• In order to hit a good golf shot at that moment in time when you're standing over the ball, you must believe that golf shot is the most important things in your life.

  Tiger Woods

  Success, Believe, Order

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• As a final crash of self-indulgent nonsense, when the incontrovertible truth of your panoramic and murderous deceit has even begun to cost your political party seemingly perpetual congressional seats....When somebody asks you, sir, about the cooked books and faked threats you foisted on a sincere and frightened nation; when somebody asks you, sir, about your gallant, noble, self-abnegating sacrifice of your golf game so as to soothe the families of the war dead; this advice, Mr. Bush: Shut the hell up! Good night and good luck.

  Keith Olbermann

  Good Night, War, Party

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• I still recall the day when I became known not just as Gay Brewer, but 'Gay Brewer, winner of the 1967 Masters.' The reality of the title – the biggest thrill I've had in golf – is something that can never be taken away.

  Gay Brewer

  Taken, Gay, Reality

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• Painting is like Golf, the fewer the strokes I take, the better the picture.

  John Marin

  Painting, Strokes, Fewer

  "John Marin Memorial Exhibition".

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• Golf isn't just about hitting a lot of drivers. I grew up playing on my front lawn, chipping and putting into soup cans, out of the ivy and over rose bushes and hedges - the little Alcott Golf and Country Club. I just loved having a wedge in my hands.

  Amy Alcott

  Country, Hands, Ivy

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• Golf is a thinking man's game. You can have all the shots in the bag, but if you don't know what to do with them, you've got troubles.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Sports, Men, Thinking

  Chi Chi Rodriguez (1975). “Everybody's Golf Book”, Viking Adult

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• I know the other side. I know what awful golf is.

  David Duval

  Awful, Sides, Knows

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• Let me tell you what's fun in golf - low scores. The manufacturers have tricked people into believing that distance is everything. There is no place on the scorecard that says you need to hit it 350 yards.

  Hal Sutton

  Fun, Distance, Believe

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• I'm a big sports guy - golf, tennis, baseball, basketball, snowboarding - and I love games.

  Jason Dohring

  Basketball, Sports, Baseball

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• Under most circumstances that would result in disqualification. If the rules of golf are upheld, I believe he should have been disqualified.

  Steve Williams

  Believe, Should Have, Disqualification

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• The biggest takeaway for anyone seeking to write is this: don't go looking for the way other authors do their work. You won't find many who are consistent enough to copy, and there are enough variations in approach that it's obvious that it's not like hitting home runs or swinging a golf club. There isn't a standard approach, there's only what works for you (and what doesn't).

  Seth Godin

  Running, Home, Writing

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• I owe everything to golf. Where else could a guy with an IQ like mine make this much money?

  Hubert Green

  Guy, Mines

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• President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner have agreed to play a round of golf together. Imagine the two of them at the end of that golf game? Boehner will be crying over his score and Obama will be giving three explanations as to why his score is actually better than it appears.

  Jay Leno

  Games, Play, Two

  "Economy Panel". "This Week", abcnews.go.com. June 12, 2011.

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• Good golf is easier to play-and far more pleasant-than bad golf.

  Babe Didrikson Zaharias

  Play, Easier, Pleasant

  Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1948). “Championship golf”

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• Golf is a game of endless failure and frustration.

  Mike Greenberg

  Frustration, Games, Endless

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• Too many people asking too many questions in tennis. Golf is better.

  Ivan Lendl

  People, Tennis, Asking

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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, People, Psychology

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• In golf your strengths and weaknesses will always be there. If you could improve your weaknesses, you would improve your game. The irony is that people prefer to practice their strengths.

  Harvey Penick

  Practice, Games, People

  Harvey Penick (2011). “And If You Play Golf, You're My Friend: Furthur Reflections of a Grown Caddie”, p.48, Simon and Schuster

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• The best thing about golf is ultimately what it teaches you about yourself. And the worst thing is how freakin' nervous it can make you feel.

  Gabrielle Reece

  Nervous, About Yourself, Worst

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• A golf course is for golf. A tennis court is for tennis. A prison camp is for escaping.

  Pierre Fresnay

  Escaping, Tennis, Prison

  "Fictional character: Le captaine de Boeldieu". "La Grande Illusion", www.imdb.com. 1937.

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• Concentrate, play your game, and don't be afraid to win.

  Amy Alcott

  Winning, Games, Play

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• Tempo is the glue that sticks all elements of the golf swing together.

  Nick Faldo

  Swings, Together, Glue

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• If you really want to become an actor, but only providing that acting doesn't interfere with your golf game, political ambitions and your life, you don't want to become an actor. Not only is acting more than a part time job, it's more than a full time job. It's a full time obsession.

  Michael Caine

  Jobs, Ambition, Games

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• He knows all the golf lingo. You know? You hit your ball, he's like "there's a golf shot. That's a golf shot." Well of course it's a golf shot; I just hit a golf ball. You don't see Gretzky skating around going "there's a hockey shot, that's a hockey shot."

  Bill Engvall

  Funny, Humor, Hockey

  "Here's Your Sign". Comedy, 1996.

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• The people don't take baths and they don't speak English. No golf courses, no room service. Who needs it?

  Jim McMahon

  Funny, Football, Stupid

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