Arnold Palmer Quotes

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

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

Every day I play golf, that’s my goal. To break 70 the other way. To shoot 70 or better.

I think the guys are more conscious of the fact that being in good physical condition under the conditions that they play will make them better players.

It’s a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

I think I’ve heard somebody say that I was a well-dressed golfer. I guess that has something to do with the fact that a lot of people who play golf don’t dress very well.

It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He’s aware of where he is and what he’s doing, but his mind is on the playing of his instrument with an internal sense of rightness – it is not merely mechanical, it is not only spiritual; it is something of both, on a different plane and a more remote one.

One thing I’ve learned over time is, if you hit a golf ball into water, it won’t float.

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, I showed him the fundamentals of the game and helped him make adjustments as he and his game matured over the years.

Don’t be ashamed to play safe.

I talk to golfers, I talk to my grand kids about their game, and tell them to develop a system, Now, when they’re young. And if they develop that system, it will be the crutch they need to be good. To know that system and make it work for you, know what it is and make it work.

I never met a winner who had a work ethic. Not somebody who says I have so much talent that naturally I won.