Looking up is the biggest alibi ever invented to explain a terrible shot. By the time you look up, you've already made the mistake.

- Harvey Penick

Never try a shot you haven't practised.

- Harvey Penick

I compare the pressure of a golf shot with making an extra point in basketball. The player starts from a full stop, and that rim doesn't move.

- Harvey Penick

I learn teaching from teachers. I learn golf from golfers. I learn winning from coaches.

- Harvey Penick

In golf your strengths and weaknesses will always be there. If you could improve your weaknesses, you would improve your game. The irony is that peop…

- Harvey Penick

The woods are full of long drivers.

- Harvey Penick

All seasoned players know, or at least have felt, that when you are playing your best, you are much the same as in a state of meditation. You are fre…

- Harvey Penick

Life is full of many minor annoyances, and few matters of real consequence.

- Harvey Penick

I don't care how good you play, you can find somebody who can beat you, and I don't care how bad you play, you can find somebody you can beat.

- Harvey Penick