Fred Couples Quotes

I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while, I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.

If I can figure out this wedge stuff and become a really good wedger, I'll be the number-one player in the world.

The first time I played a PGA Tour event at Tucson was 1975. I came off the course on Sunday feeling very good about myself. I'd finished at even par, and I knew I could play even better if I worked at it.

I was in the middle of the golf tournament trying to make birdies and I was just having a blast. So that probably qualifies as having a greater appreciation.

I wanted to become good at golf because I saw a lot of really successful people being good at it - and I planned on being successful.

As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.

I caddied for a guy who was a very good player, and he gave me a set of clubs, just a starter set: 5-iron, 7-iron, 9-iron, putter and driver. I just loved it. How I developed my swing was to just grab a club and start banging balls.

You know, when you're trying to get better at golf, you're always measuring your game up against other people to see what you've got to do to get better and to see if you can compete with them.

I want to keep playing good golf.

A successful competition for me is always going out there and putting 100 percent into whatever I'm doing. It's not always winning. People, I think, mistake that it's just winning. Sometimes it could be, but for me, it's hitting the best sets I can, gaining confidence, and having a good time and having fun.

When I get out there 100 percent, everybody will see what kind of player I am.

When I fall behind, my swing changes.

I love playing; I love playing good, and it's fun to be up around the top and having a chance.

Why do you play a game? I play a game to see how good we can be.

The next time I cry about golf it will only be with joy. It's not worth crying over golf for any other reason. After all, it's only a game.

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

Sometimes it's all about the win, sometimes it's about the skiing.

Being with all those great bowlers was the greatest three days I ever had.

Individual statistics, plate time and everything tend to come, but the most enjoyment I get out of baseball is actually winning.

It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs.

I've seen the bottom and I know the difference between good golf and bad golf.

If you're good at it, you can win.

Just think about the game. Think about playing great, having a great time. Helping my team win.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.