"Most golfers prepare for disaster. A good golfer prepares for success."
Bob Toski

"Eighteen holes of match or medal play will teach you more about your foe than will 18 years of dealing with him across a desk."
Grantland Rice

 "If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball."
Jack Lemmon

"I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never  quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win."
Arnold Palmer

 "The fundamental  problem with golf is that every so often, no matter how lacking you may be  in the essential virtues required of a steady player, the odds are that one day you will hit the ball straight, hard, and out of sight. This is the essential  frustration of this excruciating sport. For when you've done it once, you  make the fundamental error of asking yourself why you can't do this all the time. The answer to this question is simple: the first time was a fluke."
Colin Bowles

 "Talking  to a golf ball won't do you any good. Unless you do it while your opponent  is teeing off."
Bruce Lansky

"You don't  know what pressure is until you've played for five dollars a hole with only two in your pocket."
Lee Trevino

 "The harder you work, the luckier you get."
Gary Player

 "There are  three ways of learning golf: by study, which is the most wearisome; by imitation, which is the most fallacious; and by experience, which is the most bitter."
Robert Browning

"Forget your opponents; always play against par."
Sam Snead

"Golf is twenty  percent mechanics and technique. The other eighty percent is philosophy, humor, tragedy, romance, melodrama, companionship, camaraderie, cussedness, and conversation."
Grantland Rice

 "A professional will tell you the amount of flex you need in the shaft of your club. The more  the flex, the more strength you will need to break the thing over your knees."
Stephen Baker

"Victory is everything. You can spend the money, but you can never spend the memories."
Ken Venturi