Quotes from Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Winning has always meant much to me, but winning friends has meant the most.

My philosophy? Practice, practice, practice and win.

Don't worry. Just leave everything in the hands of God.

They say golf came easy to me because I was a good athlete, but there's not any girl on the LPGA Tour who worked near as hard as I did in golf. It's the toughest game I ever tackled.

Good golf is easier to play-and far more pleasant-than bad golf.

There are no shortcuts to good golf. The better players realize this.

You can't win them all but you can try.

If you win through bad sportsmanship that's no real victory.

Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.

I came out to beat everybody in sight, and that's just what I'm going to do.

I played many sports, but when that golf bug hit me, it was permanent.

The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more concentration.

It's even harder to stay at the top in sports than it is to get there.

Loosen your girdle and let er fly!

I couldn't hit an elephant's ass with a bull fiddle.

The biggest weakness with my game is that I have fun with the galleries. I just love a gallery.

Winning has always meant much to me, but winning ftiends has meant the most.

It's not enough to just swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let it fly.

All my life I've been competing-and competing to win. I came to realize that in this way, this cancer was the toughest competition I had faced yet. I made up my mind that I was going to lick it all the way. I not only wasn't going to let it kill me, I wasn't even going to let it put me on the shelf.

Golf is a game of coordination, rhythm, and grace; women have these to a high degree.

It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it.

Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.