Quotes from Arnold Palmer

I look back, it taught me something - it taught me how to live, how to be a better guy, not let defeat be the end of my life.

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.

On the Old Course at St. Andrews: This is the origin of the game, golf in its purest form, and it's still played that way on a course seemingly untouched by time. Every time I play here, it reminds me that this is still a game

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

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

I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone's golf game: it's called an eraser.

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

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

It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get

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

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

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

Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.

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

You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M.D. after them.

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

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

I know, win or lose, I enjoyed the prospect of giving it my all.

I tended to be perfectly comfortable hitting shots from places where no other golfer ever wanted to be. It turned out to be an important lesson about the game: you've got to learn to live with trouble, and you've got to learn how to get out of it.

You must play boldly to win.

I always knew what was most important to me. When I was growing up, nothing was more important than golf, but that's the attitude of a young person who hasn't a care in the world. Later on I figured it out. Family was first. Always. Then golf and business come after.

Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated

When you play by the rules, defy mental demons, overcome every challenge, and enjoy a walk in the country at the same time—that's being alive.

I'm a dreamer. I freely and readily admit that. But I consider that one of my strongest qualities.