Gary Player
We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.Collection: Failure
If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.Collection: Hope
The harder you work, the luckier you get.Collection: Work
The more I practice the luckier I get.
As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.
Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I've played the game for 40 years and I still haven't the slightest idea how to play.
You must work very hard to become a natural golfer.
I've traveled more than any human being who's ever lived.
The more I work and practice, the luckier I seem to get.Collection: Education
A strong mind is one of the key components that separates the great from the good.Collection: Strong
Simply by making the effort to start something, you will be miles ahead of almost everyone else.Collection: Effort
It's a marriage. If I had to choose between my wife and my putter, well, I'd miss her.Collection: Golf
To succeed in life one must have determination and must be prepared to suffer during the process. If one isn't prepared to suffer during adversities, I don't really see how he can be successful.Collection: Determination
Enjoy the game. Happy golf is good golf.Collection: Golf
I am tired of all these golfers who are happy with second place. The only one who will like you if you come in second place is your wife and your dog. And that is only if you have a good wife and a good dog.Collection: Dog
The player who expects a lesson to 'take' without subsequent practice just isn't being honest with himself or fair to his professional.Collection: Player
If you think your hands are more important in your golf swing than your legs, try walking a hole on your hands.Collection: Golf
I got so strong I felt like a giant.....When I stood on the tee with Arnold and Jack, I was tiny compared to them. But I never believed they were bigger than me. So the mind is so fascinating.Collection: Strong
If you are going to keep company with me, don't embarrass me.Collection: Company
First, educate yourself about what a vegan diet entails and why it is beneficial to your health. You need to understand and embrace the philosophy or you will not be able to make such a drastic dietary change. Secondly, make the change over time. Don't try and "go cold turkey"; you will shock your system and you will develop cravings that you may not be able to fight off. If you take your time and let your body adjust you will be eating a completely different diet before you realize it.Collection: Philosophy
Golf asks something of a man. It makes one loathe mediocrity. It seems to say, "If you are going to keep company with me, don't embarrass me.Collection: Golf
That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.Collection: Adversity
I try to work with God as a partner.Collection: Golf
The ideal build for a golfer would be strong hands, big forearms, thin neck, big thighs and a flat chest. He'd look like Popeye.Collection: Strong
There is absolutely nothing humorous at the Masters. Here, small dogs do not bark and babies do not cry.Collection: Dog
Wind is part of the British Open. It is an examination and it took me a long time to pass the examination. Eighty per cent of the fellows out there have not passed the test.Collection: Wind
I rarely eat red meat and only occasionally eat fish. Plant based foods are my main source of nutrition along with nuts, fruits, brown breads and grains.Collection: Nuts
Perhaps the most important thing I can tell you about equipment is to experiment and keep an open mind.Collection: Golf
When travelling, I make a point of eating a proper diet no matter where I am in the world. It is getting much easier to eat a vegetarian or vegan based diet.Collection: World
Golf is a puzzle without an answer.Collection: Golf
The pressure gets worse the older you get. The hole starts to look the size of a Bayer aspirin.Collection: Looks
But golf being an international game and everybody loving the game the way they do, if you want to spread the game of golf, it's good that you have great competition.Collection: Golf
The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, There's a star. The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, Superstar. I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.Collection: Sports
When you play the game for fun, it's fun. When you play it for a living, it's a game of sorrows.Collection: Fun
You can always speak with great authority on how well you played today, but never on how you'll play tomorrow.Collection: Golf
The harder I practiced, the luckier I got.Collection: Harder
I wish I could put a patent on that thing. That was so straight I had to lean over sideways to see the flag!Collection: Wish
The closer you can live to being a vegetarian the better.Collection: Vegetarian
Everyone wants to be known as a great striker of the ball for some reason. Nobody wants to be called a lucky, one-putting s.o.b.Collection: Golf
I don't have any hesitation saying I've traveled more miles than any human being who ever lived. I've been doing it for 60 years.Collection: Years
Each shot is important.Collection: Important
The more I practise, the luckier I becomeCollection: Practise
I always said that if they have a golf course like this in heaven, I want to be the head pro.Collection: Golf
I think that if people would be willing to grow some of their own food or eat locally grown organic foods on a regular basis we could significantly decrease the amount of harmful chemicals we pump into our soil every day.Collection: Thinking
When a rules man gives you a ruling, that’s it. Amen.Collection: Men
There are many people who enjoy animal based foods and who have no interest in changing the way they eat. And as you correctly pointed out, animal products are an integral part of some ethnic groups and societies and it would be nearly impossible for them to change thousands of years of traditional eating habits.Collection: Animal