Golf Quotes: Swinging Thoughts and Fairway Wisdom (Page 5)

"We know that golf is an ancient game with great history and tradition, but our golf is only 10 years old so don't judge us too harshly"

Nursultan Nazarbayev, Politician

"My hobbies and leisure activities include cars and golf"

Michael Strahan, Athlete

"Golf isn't first on my list anymore. There are a lot of things ahead of golf and I have to go ahead and do those things so I can play golf. I'm tired of hurting. Tired of fighting pain"

Fuzzy Zoeller, Athlete

"I know this golf tournament has my name on it but it's not about me. It's about the Louisiana Tech family. There is nothing greater than being a part of the Bulldog family"

Terry Bradshaw, Athlete

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

Natalie Gulbis, Athlete

"The majority of people who buy homes in golf course communities don't play golf. Golf is way down at the bottom in terms of total numbers and growth"

Ed McMahon, Entertainer

"I have a project at HBO and one at the Family Channel coming that are being looked at. Aside from that I am not doing much more than playing golf and some skiing"

Gil Gerard, Actor

"It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger"

Lance Armstrong, Athlete

"I play a lot of charity golf mainly. I'm a bandit 18 if I play two or three times a week"

Eric Bristow, Celebrity

"It is no secret that the Golf Foundation has had its difficulties"

Peter Dawson, Musician

"We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is"

Bernhard Langer, Athlete

"Wherever we play golf, people come out here to get autographs. They obviously come out to watch us play and see us in action, but they also want to interact with us"

Bernhard Langer, Athlete

"There is nothing in this game of golf that can't be improved upon if you practice"

Patty Berg, Athlete

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

Howard Keel, Actor

"The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win"

Phil Mickelson, Athlete

"Retire to what? I already play golf and fish for a living"

Julius Boros, Athlete

"Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place"

Ben Crenshaw, Athlete

"I am relying on the theory that playing golf is just like riding a bike and that I haven't forgotten how"

Jennifer Wyatt, Athlete

"No, I don't have any problems leaving disappointments behind. I've had lots of good days at golf and a few disappointments, so you never know what's around the corner"

Lee Westwood, Athlete

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

Tony Lema, Athlete

"One travels like a golf ball, hopping from green to green"

John Gunther, Journalist

"I move around and play different golf courses. I just enjoy it"

Darrell Royal, Coach

"But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses"

Darrell Royal, Coach

"Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net"

Franklin Pierce Adams, Writer

"It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf"

Robert Wilson Lynd, Writer

"You build a golf game like you build a wall, one brick at a time"

Tony Lema, Athlete

"I guess what was going to come back came back on Monday. Of course now I've played a different golf course. I've played two practice rounds and two tournament rounds all kind of the same and now today I've played a different golf course"

Raymond Floyd, Athlete

"If you call on God to improve the results of a shot while it is still in motion, you are using 'an outside agency' and subject to appropriate penalties under the rules of golf"

Henry Longhurst, Journalist

"Playing golf is like learning a foreign language"

Henry Longhurst, Journalist

"I have come to understand and appreciate writers much more recently since I started working on a book last fall. Before that, I thought golf writers got up every morning, played a round of golf, had lunch, showed up for our last three holes and then went to dinner"

Phil Mickelson, Athlete

"Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty"

Harry Vardon, Athlete

"Few learn golf in a lifetime"

Grantland Rice, Journalist

"I enjoy Augusta. I enjoy its challenges. There's no other golf course like this anywhere. Its greens and its challenges on and around the greens are just super, super tough. So the greens are fun to play in sort of a morbid way"

Ben Crenshaw, Athlete

"Hit the ball pretty solid. Haven't played a lot of golf this year, so was really unsure of what it would be like. I've been playing pretty well lately, especially hitting the ball solid"

Trent Dilfer, Athlete

"I tell people retirement isn't what you think. You are going to sit around and waste your life, you can only golf so much. To stay young, you have to stay in the mix"

Ron Rice, Athlete

"They call it golf because all the other four letter words were taken"

Raymond Floyd, Athlete

"I'm used to the golf course playing soft, so tomorrow I'm going to have to pay attention a little bit more"

Raymond Floyd, Athlete

"Golf seems to be an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dog's out"

Princess Anne, Royalty

"When I hosted the dinner I served fast food hamburgers. It had nothing to do with black, white, purple, yellow, green race. it had nothing to do with Tiger or his family or his golf game"

Fuzzy Zoeller, Athlete

"Show me a man who is a good loser and I'll show you a man who is playing golf with his boss"

James Patrick Murray, Journalist

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