Quotes by Arnold Palmer

“Ive always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didnt have a chance to win.”

“Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.”

“Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.”

“Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.”

“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.”

“The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.”

“Its a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get”

“Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.”

“Here is a philosophy of boldness to take advantage of every tiny opening toward victory.”

“Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.”

“Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.”

“The secret of good golf is to hit the ball hard, straight and not too often”

“They call it golf because all the other four-letter words were taken”

“They say golf is like life, but dont believe them. Golf is more complicated than that.”

“If you watch a game, its fun. If you play it, its recreation. If you work at it, its golf.”

“My body is here, but my mind has already teed off”

“A golfers diet: live on greens as much as possible”

I always knew what was most important to me. When I was growing up, nothing was more important than golf, but that’s the attitude of a young person who hasn’t a care in the world. Later on I figured it out. Family was first. Always. Then golf and business come after.

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

To hope is to wait for things to come to you. To dream is part of the process of setting goals and then striving to achieve them. You first must dream of doing things before you can do them.