Quotes from Sam Snead

You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it.

The greens are harder than a whore's heart

The fairways were so narrow you had to walk down them single file

Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.

Practice puts brains in your muscles.

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

I figure practice puts your brains in your muscles.

The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.

But you don't have to go up in the stands and play your foul balls. I do.

To win,you must have both talent an desire- but desire first.

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.

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

Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.

There is an old saying: if a man comes home with sand in his cuffs and cockleburs in his pants, don't ask him what he shot.

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

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.

The three things I fear most in golf are lightning, Ben Hogan and a downhill putt.

Over the years I've studied the habits of golfers. I know what to look for. Watch their eyes. Fear shows up when there is an enlargement of the pupils. Big pupils lead to big scores.

The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning...and Ben Hogan.

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.