Bobby Jones

“Some people think they are concentrating when they are merely worrying.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Bad putting is due more to the effect the green has upon the player than it has upon the ball.”

“Rhythm and timing are the two things which we all must have, yet no one knows how to teach them.”

“I never learned anything from a match that I won.”

“The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.”

“No one ever swung a club too slowly.”

“It is a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.”

“The main idea in golf is to win the match. If you can do it with perfect form, so much the better. But don't sacrifice victory in the interest of grace.”