15 Motivational Golf Quotes to Keep You On Top of Your Game
Golf being a game that has been in existence for decades with legendary participants and attracting thousands of fans over the years is in itself quite a phenomenon. Which, is why so much has been said about it both amateurishly and professionally. However, it goes without saying that the professionals know it better and whatever they said about the sport could be of great inspiration to the men and women interested and already partaking in the game. Like any other sports person, you do need the motivation to get you through the next game, which is probably why you are reading this article. Fortunately, the following is a compilation of fifteen motivational golf quotes by some of the best golfers ever to swing their clubs. Get to be inspired on and probably off the golf course by their witty words and rational thinking.
“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 still have to play the ball where it lies.”
Bobby Jones
“The greatest thing about tomorrow is that I will be better than I am today. And that’s how I look at my life. I will be a better golfer; I will be a better person, I will be a better father, I will be a better husband, I will be a better friend. That’s the beauty of tomorrow.”
Tiger Woods
“I am a firm believer in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don’t enjoy.”
Jack Nicklaus
“Like most professional golfers, I tend to remember poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.”
Ben Hogan
“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 humanity has ever invented.”
Arnold Palmer
“I don’t want to be just known for the way I dress. I want to be known for how I play, how I treat people and how I am as a role model. I don’t just want to be, ‘He dresses cool’ or ‘He dresses crazy.’ You’re going to have lovers and haters. I want my golf game to be the main thing.”
Rickie Fowler
“Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don’t be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about.”
Paula Creamer
“Success in golf depends less on the strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.”
Arnold Palmer
“Don’t force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to play golf. I ask him. What the child desires to play is what matters, not the parent’s desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun.”
Tiger Woods
“Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played- skiing, baseball, fishing- there is no greater example than golf because you’re playing with yourself and nature.”
Robert Redford
“No one will ever have golf under his thumb. No round ever will be so good it could not have been better. Perhaps this is why golf is the greatest of games. You are not playing a human adversary; you are playing a game. You are playing old man par.”
Bobby Jones
“Be decisive. A wrong decision is less disastrous than indecision.”
Bernhard Langer
“It’s great to win, but it’s also great fun to be in the thick of any truly well, and hard-fought contest against opponents you respect, whatever the outcome.”
Jack Nicklaus
“All seasoned players know, or at least have felt, that when you are playing your best, you are much the same as in a state of meditation. You’re free of tension and chatter. You are concentrating on one thing. It is the ideal condition for good golf.”
Harvey Penick
“I have always had a drive that pushed me to try for perfection, and golf is a game in which perfection stays just out of reach.”
Betsy Rawls
Apart from showing the greatness of golf as a sport, these quotes have expressed inspirational experiences that can be applied within the golf course and in life. Lessons such as; finding silver linings even in the darkest of storms, using the challenges we face for self-improvement, the importance of enjoying what you do and the importance of practice just to name a few. Notice that these lessons seem to be metaphors for the golfing experience of life which goes only to show that the people who said they are not just great people on the golf course but also in life.