“If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.”

I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.

Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.

I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.

The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.

I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.

There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.

Control is the main thing, and the tee shot is the most important shot in golf. You’ve got to hit the fairway before you have a good chance of putting the ball close to the pin. You can be the greatest iron player in the world, but if you’re in the boondocks it won’t do you any good.

The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.

Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?

People have always been telling me what I can’t do. I guess I have wanted to show them. That’s been one of my driving forces all my life.

This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.

I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.

Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness

You never fight your eye when you look at a hole. If it looks one way, play it that way. Don’t make a big deal out of an easy shot.

Golfers are the greatest worriers in the world of sport.

Jimmy Stewart could have been a good golfer, but he speaks so slowly that by the time he yells ‘Fore!’ the guy he’s hit is already in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.

Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.