Kenny G Quotes

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.

Whenever I dream of playing a perfect round of golf, which I rarely do more than a dozen times a day, I picture myself on one of my favorite British Open-style links, and in particular the great courses of the west of Ireland, whose holes flow through naturally bunkered dunesland never far from the sight or sound of surf.

Playing golf is like learning a foreign language.

My dad was a really good golfer, and he just taught me how to play.

I didn't start playing golf until '94, when the strike cut the season short. Never having played as a kid definitely makes it a challenge.

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

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

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 is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.

Golf is a game of endless failure and frustration.

Few learn golf in a lifetime.

See, as much as I love the game, golf was my vehicle to competition. And I love to compete.

Golf isn't just about hitting a lot of drivers. I grew up playing on my front lawn, chipping and putting into soup cans, out of the ivy and over rose bushes and hedges - the little Alcott Golf and Country Club. I just loved having a wedge in my hands.

Anybody who plays golf will tell you that you play against yourself.

I'm bad at golf.

As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.

I want to keep playing good golf.

I'm quite good at golf. I'm not amazing, but I play a lot.

I played other sports, so when I played golf, I wanted to have fun. And hitting it far is fun.

I can sit here and hit all the balls and chip and putt all day long, but if you're not playing competitive golf... there's nothing better than competitive golf.

I'm terrible at golf, but I love the game with a passion.

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.

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

When I was 7, my dad asked his friend to teach me. I played my first tournament competition when I was 8. I remember I shot around 125.

I found golf late in life, in 1990. I took some lessons and struggled. Then one day, I hit a drive that was so crisp and clean, with no vibration. There's no feeling like it. I was hooked.