The only reason I ever played in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish. Sam Snead More Quotes by Sam Snead More Quotes From Sam Snead Forget your opponents; always play against par. Sam Snead focusplaygolf Of all the hazards, fear is the worst. Sam Snead hazardsgolfsports The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat. Sam Snead playerlosssports You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it. Sam Snead ballsproblemgolf Practice puts brains in your muscles. Sam Snead practicegolfinspirational 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-updrinkinggolf Grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird. Sam Snead clubsbirdbaby 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 homegolfmen In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it. Sam Snead trackgolfrunning If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death. Sam Snead knivesgolfsports I'd say that golf is about 75% mental. If your state of mind gets out of kilter, you're worse off than a tomcat floating on a log. Sam Snead floatingmindgolf Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease. Sam Snead golfsportsthinking Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt. Sam Snead dimeswhiskeygolf Don't just play your way around the course. Think your way around way around the course. Sam Snead playwaythinking '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 feetgolftree Golf tip: Lay off for three weeks and then quit for good. Sam Snead quittingthreegolf What abandoned course is that? Sam Snead abandonedcoursesgolf Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome. Sam Snead focusovercominginspirational First and fore-most, you must have confidence. Your second mental problem is concentration. Think the shot through in advance before you address the ball. Draw a mental image of where you want it to go and then eliminate everything else from your mind, except how you are going to get the ball into that preferred spot. Sam Snead mindgolfthinking Most people who play golf have one big trouble: they think too much. To get any real mileage out of this game you've got to sit on your imagination. Sam Snead realgolfthinking
