Sam Snead

The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.

Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.

Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.

I figure practice puts your brains in your muscles.

To be consistently effective you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference its detachment.

The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.

Golf tip: Lay off for three weeks and then quit for good.

To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.

Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.

Over the years Ive studied the habits of golfers. I know what to look for. Watch their eyes. Fear shows up when there is an enlargement of the pupils. Big pupils lead to big scores.

If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.

Golf is played with the arms.

Of the mental hazards being scared is the worst. When you get scared you get tense.

Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away.

The greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

Practice puts brains in your muscles.

Those who go along get along.

Forget your opponents; always play against par.

The greens are harder than a whore's heart.