The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning...and Ben Hogan. Sam Snead More Quotes by Sam Snead More Quotes From Sam Snead Forget your opponents; always play against par. Sam Snead focus play golf Of all the hazards, fear is the worst. Sam Snead hazards golf sports The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat. Sam Snead player loss sports You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it. Sam Snead balls problem golf Practice puts brains in your muscles. Sam Snead practice golf inspirational 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 Grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird. Sam Snead clubs bird baby 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 In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it. Sam Snead track golf running If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death. Sam Snead knives golf sports 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 floating mind golf Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease. Sam Snead golf sports thinking Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt. Sam Snead dimes whiskey golf Don't just play your way around the course. Think your way around way around the course. Sam Snead play way thinking '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 feet golf tree Golf tip: Lay off for three weeks and then quit for good. Sam Snead quitting three golf What abandoned course is that? Sam Snead abandoned courses golf Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome. Sam Snead focus overcoming inspirational 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 mind golf thinking 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 real golf thinking
