Quotes by Golf There are more 'Don'ts' in golf than there are in any other avocation in life. Arnold Haultain golf Golf gives no margin: either you win or you fail. You cannot hedge; you cannot bluff; you cannot give a stop order. One chance is given you, and you hit or miss. There is nothing more rigid in life. And it is this ultra and extreme rigidity that makes golf so intensely interesting. Arnold Haultain winning golf order Most of the difficult things in golf are mental, not physical. Are subjective, not objective. Are the created phantasms of the mind, not the veritable realities of the course. Arnold Haultain mind golf reality Golf is more exacting than racing, cards, speculation, or matrimony. In almost all other games you pit yourself against a mortal foe; in golf it is yourself against the world: no human being stays your progress as you drive your ball over the face of the globe. Arnold Haultain racing games golf Don't worry about your caddie. He may be an irritating little wretch, but for eighteen holes he is your caddie. Arnold Haultain caddies worry golf Golf is a game in which attitude of mind counts for incomparably more than mightiness of muscle. Arnold Haultain games golf attitude Golf is not a wrestle with Bogey; it is not a struggle with your mortal foe; it is a physiological, psychological and moral fight with your self; it is a test of mastery over self; and the ultimate and irreducible element of the game is to determine which of the players is the more worthy combatant. Arnold Haultain fighting struggle golf The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done. Arnold Palmer inspiration golf graduation [Golf]is deceptively simple, endlessly complicated. A child can play it well, and a grown man can never master it. Any single round of it is full of unexpected triumphs and perfect shots that end in disaster. It is almost a science, yet it is a puzzle without an answer. It is gratifying and tantalizing, precise and unpredictable. It requires complete concentration and total relaxation. It satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time, rewarding and maddening. And it is without doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented. Arnold Palmer simple golf children It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get. Arnold Palmer golf sports funny Hit it hard, go find it and hit it hard again. Arnold Palmer hard golf That's another thing about my father. He made me very conscious of the fact I wasn't very good and I had to prove to him that I was good. And that hung with me, and I always wanted to play golf with him and show him. He said Never, Never tell anyone how good you are. Show them! Arnold Palmer play golf father 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. Arnold Palmer simple golf sports I can sum it up like this: Thank God for the game of golf. Arnold Palmer thank-god games golf Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger. Arnold Palmer golf motivational sports If you're stupid enough to whiff, you should be smart enough to forget it. Arnold Palmer smart stupid golf The whole secret to mastering the game of golf - and this applies to the beginner as well as the pro - is to cultivate a mental approach to the game that will enable you to shrug off the bad days, keep patient and know in your heart that sooner or later you will be back on top. Arnold Palmer bad-day heart golf What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive: the white ball sailing up into the sky, reaching its apex, falling and finally dropping to the turf, just the way I planned it. Arnold Palmer golf art fall If you can see it, you can hit it and if you can hit it, you can hole it. Arnold Palmer holes ifs golf On the Old Course at St. Andrews: This is the origin of the game, golf in its purest form, and it's still played that way on a course seemingly untouched by time. Every time I play here, it reminds me that this is still a game. Arnold Palmer games play golf «1234567891011»