If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.

To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.

I shot a wild elephant in Africa thirty yards from me, and it didn't hit the ground until it was right at my feet. I wasn't a bit scared. But a four foot putt scares me to death.

To quit between tee and green is more habit-forming than drinking a highball before breakfast.

Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.

Grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird.

If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.