“Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.”

When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.

Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.

I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play

I have always felt and said that a man who can be a champion in one era could be a champion in any other era because he has what it takes to reach the top.

There’s no set time or schedule for developing one’s skills as a professional golfer, and it certainly doesn’t come overnight. It’s a muscle-memory exercise that comes over time.

When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.

You wouldn’t have had to call a penalty on me, I would’ve called I on myself’. 9. “I’m the sole judge of my standards”. 10. “I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people. You can outwork the best player in the world.

The average golfer’s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing

Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!

If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.

Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.

If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there’s no reason why he can’t shoot 18. Why can’t you birdie every hole on the course?

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

I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.

Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.

There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand.

As soon as I hit the ball, I know if it’s in.

Because I’m fairly big, I like to use my body. So I’ll control the ball, even when there’s a player on me, and then I’ll pass.

It will always be the ball and me.

A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman.

I don’t need the best hairstyle or the best body. Just give me a ball at my feet and I’ll show you what I can do.

With a bat and ball in my hand. Do I need anything else? Love for the game can never end.

I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit.