Tom Lehman Quotes

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.

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.

Practise things you're good at. Keep on top of things you're not so good at, but be world-class at your best. Never think, 'I'm very good at this and that, I can leave those for a bit.'

For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.

I want to improve my bunker, fairway and putting status because that's been my weakness over the last three years. If I can just focus on this, then everything else will come.

I feel like I've improved at everything I've done every single year - except golf. Golf, I've managed to stay exactly the same.

I must always try to do better because perfectionism, and the need to always have new goals and achieve them, is a state of mind that brings profound meaning to life.

I strive for improvement. want to be a master of my craft.

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

Even if I see myself playing very well in one thing, I try to improve to do it better and better.

Really, who's the best at what they do? There's always room for improvement.

I always say I've given 24 insufficient performances and I'm looking forward to the time in my life when I'll do something that I think is good. There's always stuff you can do better, stuff that maybe you didn't uncover enough. But if you do something that you truly believe is perfect, then that's got to be the last movie you do.

I think I always just want to get better at whatever I'm doing... Always strive for excellence.

There are some guys out here that can really play golf, but it has not been their focus for that long.

On a scale of one to 10, I feel I'm at a nine because there's definitely room for improvement. I know I could go further.

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.

There is nothing in this game of golf that can't be improved upon if you practice.

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

I never had goals to be in the top 10 or top five in the world. I just try to find the borders, find what level I can reach. I have a good team around me, so hopefully it's going to get even better.

You should welcome getting older in golf. With greater knowledge of your swing, you, too, can keep improving.

I always wanted to be the best and to get the most out of myself.

I know what I need to work on; I know my weaknesses, but I have that work ethic to improve every day. I have that want to be the best player at my position, and I have the belief in myself that one day that will come true.

I think every time you go to do something, it's a challenge. Somebody said to me, 'You've done it all. If you could do anything right now, what would you do?' I said, 'I'd do everything I did better.'

There are so many aspects of the game that you can work on - you can drive it father, you can drive it straighter, you can hit your irons higher and more consistently, you can get better with your wedges, and you can always putt better. There's never an end to that striving to get better in golf.

Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.