In order to win, you must play your best golf when you need it most, and play your sloppy stuff when you can afford it. I shall not attempt to explain how you achieve this happy timing.

If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.

Golf is a game that creates emotions that sometimes cannot be sustained with the club still in one's hand.

It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.

If I needed advice from my caddie, he'd be hitting the shots and I'd be carrying the bag.

Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.

Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.