Arnold Palmer Quotes

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Arnold Palmer

Profession : Golfer

Birth : September 10, 1929

The road to success is always under construction.

Arnold Palmer

Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.

Arnold Palmer

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

Arnold Palmer

I've stated my position, and that is we do not need a contraption to play the game of golf. I would hope that we'd play under one set of rules, and those rules would include a ban on the long putter hooked to the body in some way, shape or form.

Arnold Palmer

Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.

Arnold Palmer

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

Arnold Palmer

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.

Arnold Palmer

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

Arnold Palmer

You must play boldly to win.

Arnold Palmer

Winning isn't everything, but wanting it is.

Arnold Palmer

Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.

Arnold Palmer

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

Arnold Palmer

I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.

Arnold Palmer

I used to get tired of drinking iced tea, so I'd ask my wife if we had some lemonade, and I would just dump it right in there.

Arnold Palmer

I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.

Arnold Palmer

You don't go to Palm Springs in the summer unless you're building a golf course.

Arnold Palmer

We can argue about major championships and whether Tiger will ever surpass Jack's 18 majors, but what can't be argued is this: Tiger Woods is the most dominant, most skilled player we've ever seen.

Arnold Palmer

As my father taught me, and he drove home that point, he said, 'Just remember something. You don't need to tell anybody how good you are. You show them how good you are.' And he drove that home with me. So I learned early not to brag about how good I was or what I could do but let my game take that away and show them that I could play well enough.

Arnold Palmer

I never heard Jack Nicklaus say, 'I'm a great player,' or Tiger Woods, as a matter of fact. They just get out and do it. And I think that's far more appealing... than talking about how good you are.

Arnold Palmer

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

Arnold Palmer