Quotes by Golf One thing I've learned over time is, if you hit a golf ball into water, it won't float. Arnold Palmer balls golf water Golf never ceases to be a challenge, even when it really is just you and the ball out there and nobody else. Arnold Palmer balls challenges golf I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser. Arnold Palmer strokes games golf 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. Arnold Palmer play golf thinking First time I met Jack [Nicholas ] I had heard about his golf and prowess - I was playing in the Ohio amateur. Arnold Palmer ohio golf firsts Players need to remember they didn't make golf. Golf made them. Arnold Palmer player golf needs 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. Arnold Palmer simple golf children There's no question that the galleries still like to see birdies and eagles. If you take them all away, it takes some of the dramatics, the excitement of a golf tournament and we [people] don't want to do that. Arnold Palmer eagles golf people I've drawn a lot of inspiration from people who have supported me, golfers who have helped me. If it wasn't for the game of golf I'd probably be mowing the greens back in Latrobe. Arnold Palmer inspiration games golf When I was playing in a junior tournament one time, I missed a short putt and threw my putter into the trees. I went on to win the tournament and later, instead of my dad congratulating me, he told me that if I ever threw a club again, I'd never play in another golf tournament. I haven't thrown a club since. Arnold Palmer dad winning golf I still enjoy what I do. I haven't been playing much golf and none since I dislocated my shoulder, but I come to the office every day. Arnold Palmer shoulders office golf If you are really serious about playing golf and playing good golf, stick to the basic fundamentals. Sure, there's going to be a little change here and a change there, but you don't want to make them. You want to stick to the things that you started with, and you learned, and you know how to apply them. Arnold Palmer fundamentals want golf Golf challenges you mentally at any age, and when you become my age, it's a challenge physically to try to make your game work as well as it ever did. That's close to impossible, but that doesn't keep you from trying to hit the ball where you used to hit it and make the putts you used to make all the time. Arnold Palmer challenges games golf I suppose I could think of a lot of things to say about the fact that I still play. But I don't really need to. I can tell you this, that I enjoy it. I still enjoy it. I like to get out in the air and I like to walk and I like to do the things that are involved in playing golf. Arnold Palmer air golf thinking My grandson Sam Saunders has been playing golf since he could hold a club and I spent a lot of time with him over the years. Like my father taught me, I showed him the fundamentals of the game and helped him make adjustments as he and his game matured over the years. Arnold Palmer golf father years I was playing cowboys and Indians in the trees, and then I started hitting the golf club with clubs father sawed off for me, and I began playing right here with my father. Arnold Palmer cowboy golf father I would like to have won more golf tournaments. But I wouldn't sacrifice my life. I've enjoyed it. I'd love to do it again the same way. Arnold Palmer sacrifice golf way We just became very good friends [with Dwight Eisenhower], we played golf, we played heart exhibitions. Then his doctor said he should not play golf anymore. Arnold Palmer good-friend heart golf I love America. I wanted to play golf. Arnold Palmer play golf america 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. Arnold Palmer opponents games golf «345678910111213»