It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize it.

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.

A leading difficulty with the average player is that he totally misunderstands what is meant by concentration. He may think he is concentrating hard when he is merely worrying.

Addressing a golf ball would seem to be a simple matter; that is, to the uninitiated who cannot appreciate that a golf ball can hold more terrors than a spacious auditorium packed with people.

Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.

Nicklaus plays a kind of golf with which I am not familiar.

Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course... the space between your ears.