Occupation: Professional Golfer Birth: September 10, 1929 Death: September 25, 2016
I worked for dad on the grounds and I was in high school and I said I wanted to go to college, and he said, well, you figure it out. He said I will p….
I enjoyed the fans thoroughly, and they were always helpful. They were the reason that I tried so hard over the years..
The fans, I loved them. My mother would be in the gallery, I would look right at my mother and not remember..
Sam Snead will fly anywhere in my plane with me. Sam's not as worried about the danger as he is about saving money..
When you get into competition and get under pressure, and get over that ball and are looking at it, and know you have to hit it, it is having that sy….
Timing is everything in life and in golf..
I would never felt good if I hadn't experienced losing, because losing is part of your life. And it something that if I could teach people to underst….
I played with [Dwight Eisenhower] on the day after I won the Masters at his request. We became everlasting friends. I was with him the day before he ….
I never met a winner who had a work ethic. Not somebody who says I have so much talent that naturally I won..
What separates great players from the good ones is not so much ability as brain power and emotional equilibrium..
The thing I probably love the most is driving out with the championship trophy under my arm..
I didn't get playing professional golf until I was 25 years old. And I always said that if I could make it work, I would play as long as I could walk..
I stopped playing in the Masters in 2004, I stopped playing in the Par-3 [Contest], and now it's time to end this part of my Masters career. I would ….
Golf is a game of inches. The most important are the six inches between your ears..
My grandson Sam Saunders has been playing golf since he could hold a club and I spent a lot of time with him over the years. Like my father taught me….
Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment..
I like the Miami because I could play golf all winter..
I always said that if I have the perfect club then I should play the perfect game..
As long as I can stay competitive and have fun doing what I'm doing, I guess I'll keep doing it..
I can only tell you one thing that I do know for sure, I am a dreamer. There are not many people that will recognize or want to recognize the fact th….
First time I met Jack [Nicholas ] I had heard about his golf and prowess - I was playing in the Ohio amateur..