Quotes from Bobby Jones

I get as much fun as the next man from whaling the ball as hard as I can and catching it squarely on the button. But from sad experience I learned not to try this in a round that meant anything.

Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies.

The main idea in golf as in life, I suppose is to learn to accept what cannot be altered and to keep on doing one's own reasoned and resolute best whether the prospect be bleak or rosy.

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.

The rewards of golf, and of life too I expect, are worth very little if you don't play the game by the etiquette as well as by the rules.

If I had ever been set down in any one place and told I was to play there, and nowhere else, for the rest of my life, I should have chosen the Old Course at St. Andrews.

Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.

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.

The toughest opponent of all is Old Man Par. He's a patient soul who never shoots a birdie and never incurs a bogey. And if you would travel the long road with him, you must be patient, too.

Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course — the distance between your ears.

I never learned anything from a match that i won.

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

The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two.

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.

The best exercise for golfers is golfing.

The difference between a sand trap and water hazard is the difference between a car crash and an airplane crash. You have a chance of recovering from a car crash.

I never learned anything from a match that I won.

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