Golf Quotes

"Go out and have fun. Golf is a game for everyone, not just for the talented few"

Harvey Penick, Athlete

"My first calendar was a combination of photos taken from different shoots including golf and casual"

Natalie Gulbis, Athlete

"The only way to enjoy golf is to be a masochist. Go out and beat yourself to death"

Howard Keel, Actor

"Golf is like solitaire. When you cheat, you only cheat yourself"

Tony Lema, Athlete

"I do not let a bad score ruin my enjoyment for golf"

Darrell Royal, Coach

"Golf is a good walk spoiled"

Mark Twain, Author

"It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling"

Mark Twain, Author

"It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf"

H. L. Mencken, Writer

"I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles"

Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer

"I'm not feeling very well - I need a doctor immediately. Ring the nearest golf course"

Groucho Marx, Comedian

"I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies"

Will Rogers, Actor

"The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf"

Will Rogers, Actor

"The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf"

Bertrand Russell, Philosopher

"The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green"

Ernest Hemingway, Novelist

"The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course"

Billy Graham, Clergyman

"For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball"

Dave Barry, Author

"They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What's funny about that?"

Casey Stengel, Athlete

"Anyone who watches golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens"

Andy Rooney, Journalist

"Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five"

John Updike, Novelist

"Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad"

A. A. Milne, Author

"I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly"

Sean Connery, Actor

"If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him"

Lou Holtz, Coach

"Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character"

P. G. Wodehouse, Writer

"To find a man's true character, play golf with him"

P. G. Wodehouse, Writer

"The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself"

Gerald R. Ford, President

"I'm actually a very quiet person off the golf course. I talk 150 miles per hour when I'm at the course, but when in private I very seldom ever open my mouth"

Lee Trevino, Athlete

"I adore the game of golf. I won't ever retire"

Lee Trevino, Athlete

"I wore that same shirt yesterday playing golf. There goes the Nike account"

Leslie Nielsen, Actor

"I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never got serious into golf until about age 15"

Lee Trevino, Athlete

"If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron"

Lee Trevino, Athlete

"I trained more than anybody ever in a golf film ever made - my swing is pretty hot"

Shia LaBeouf, Actor

"I hated golf when we first started, but a big part of the training process was falling in love with this sport, so I went on tour with the UCLA Team"

Shia LaBeouf, Actor

"When you look at golf films before us they're all - garbage or satire. A lot of sports films tend to vilify the opposition. Where the opposition becomes this big angry monster, so big you can't beat him"

Shia LaBeouf, Actor

"And if you're a golfer and you watch a golf film and Matt Damon swing, and it's not great, then you're not going to believe in the golf story, you're not going to believe in the rest of the film. That's the whole movie, so if that swing looks like crap, the movie's crap"

Shia LaBeouf, Actor

"I understand why marriages break up over golf. I can't even talk about my own handicap because it's too upsetting"

Shia LaBeouf, Actor

"This thing is for the game of golf, yeah, but trust me, the Europeans don't have that mentality"

Payne Stewart, Athlete

"But in the end it's still a game of golf, and if at the end of the day you can't shake hands with your opponents and still be friends, then you've missed the point"

Payne Stewart, Athlete

"Invariably something happens at a U.S. Open where the golf course gets out of control one day, they have one pin that's out of control. It always seems to happen. But they've gotten better about the height of the rough"

Payne Stewart, Athlete

"I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love"

Tiger Woods, Athlete

"Don't force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. It's the child's desire to play that matters, not the parent's desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun"

Tiger Woods, Athlete

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