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Sam Snead Inspirational Quotes (44)

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Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.
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A bad putter is like a bad apple in a barrel. First, it turns your chipping game sour. Then it begins to eat into your irons and finally it just cleans the head off your driver.
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If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.
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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.
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When I swing at a golf ball right, my mind is blank and my body is loose as a goose.
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I believe in destiny...what's going to be is going to be. If I'm going to win, I'm going to win...I don't give a damn what the other guy shoots. I'm going to win if it's my turn.
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Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.
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Practice puts brains in your muscles.
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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.
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Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.
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Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away.
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To quit between tee and green is more habit-forming than drinking a highball before breakfast.
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Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.
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Those who go along get along.
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Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally.
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If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.
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The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning...and Ben Hogan.
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You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it.
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Don't just play your way around the course. Think your way around way around the course.
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The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey.
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I was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.
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That little white ball is always staring back at you, daring you to make a mistake.
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Grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird.
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I've been on some fairways that are as good as the greens we putted on back then. We had crab grass. I remember one green where I putted through ants.
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