He [the golfer] must have the courage to keep trying in the face of ill luck or disappointment, and timidity to appreciate and appraise the dangers of each stroke, and to curb the desire to take chances beyond reasonable hope of success.
BOBBY JONESAddressing a golf ball would seem to be a simple matter; that is, to the uninitiated who cannot appreciate that a golf ball can hold more terrors than a spacious auditorium packed with people.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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I will tell you privately it’s not going to get better, it’s going to get worse all the time, but don’t fret. Remember, we play the ball where it lies, and now let’s not talk about this, ever again.
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There isn’t a hole out there [Augusta] that can’t be birdied if you just think. But there isn’t one that can’t be double-bogeyed if you stop thinking.
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Addressing a golf ball would seem to be a simple matter; that is, to the uninitiated who cannot appreciate that a golf ball can hold more terrors than a spacious auditorium packed with people.
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The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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No one ever swung too slowly.
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Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
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Golf is the one game I know which becomes more and more difficult the longer one plays it.
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Golf is said to be an humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses of else reckless of consequences.
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Some emotions cannot be endured with a golf club in your hands.
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The ‘enemy’ in golf is tension.
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I never learned anything from a match that I won.
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You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.
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Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
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It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize it.
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No-one will ever have golf under his thumb. No round ever will be so good it could not have been better. Perhaps this is why golf is the greatest of games.
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