Golf has humbled, humiliated, and just about licked all the great athletes who tried it.

- Earl Blaik

There never was a champion who to himself was a good loser. There's a vast difference between a good sport and a good loser.

- Earl Blaik

The essence of the game is not "fun," but the soul-satisfying awareness that comes from communal work and sacrifice.

- Earl Blaik

Good guys are a dime a dozen, but an aggressive leader is priceless.

- Earl Blaik

The champion makes his own luck.

- Earl Blaik

You don't develop good teeth by eating mush.

- Earl Blaik