Joe Buck Quotes

The only way to enjoy golf is to be a masochist. Go out and beat yourself to death.

The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.

I mean, I've done college basketball, a horse race, a bunch of different things and they'd blow by but golf has a frenetic pace of bouncing around from shot to shot and green to green and, in essence, acre to acre over this huge plot of land with over 150 players who are their own team.

I didn't really get into golf until I was about 14. My mom and dad were taking lessons from a pro an hour and a half from our farm in Cohuna, Australia. When they got home, I'd ask my mom to explain everything they learned - drills and all.

My parents both played golf and introduced me to golf when I was 5 years old. They took me to the driving range and I played around at the range and immediately developed an interest in it.

I want to try to become the best golfer in the world.

For me, 'choking' is just another term in golf.

I've never really played golf. With the sax, I learned technique well enough so that it feels like part of my body, and I just express myself. That's where I want to get in golf.

You build a golf game like you build a wall, one brick at a time.

The best part about winning the PGA is getting great pairings at tour events. It's fun to play with Phil Mickelson and other past major champions.

Golf is a weird sport. Some days you got it. Some days you don't.

For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.

I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.

I've been around golf my whole life. My father did it all the time, and I resented him for it. But a couple years ago I picked up a golf club and I understood the physics of it. If anyone knows anything about golf, it's that once you hit a few shots, you'll become addicted.

In golf, it's almost impossible to be perfect on each shot; that's the fun and challenge of golf.

You know, why the game of golf is popular? Very easy, it's a great game.

I started playing golf when I was a kid, because across the street from where we lived there was a little nine-hole golf course where my father worked.

One of my great loves is golf. When I am in L.A., I like to play with a few close friends: no phones, no distractions, the great outdoors and the chance to bet some money to keep it interesting.

My grandson Sam Saunders has been playing golf since he could hold a club and I spent a lot of time with him over the years. Like my father taught me, I showed him the fundamentals of the game and helped him make adjustments as he and his game matured over the years.

I think when I was about 12 or 13, my dad started taking me out to the local golf course, and that's the first time I ever hit a golf ball. I picked it up pretty quickly, just kind of monkey-see, monkey-do. But when I was 12, golf was so slow to me. For me, it was basketball, girls and music.

Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can't play if I can't compete.

In fantasy land, I wish I could be a pro golfer. I love golf - the most frustratingly brilliant game on the planet.

Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.

Golfers don't scream. Golfers just adjust the pleats in their pants and go from there. That's about as antagonistic as we get.

Golf is a game of endless failure and frustration.