Jim Nantz 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.

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

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.

If you think golf is relaxing, you're not playing it right.

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

Golf is supposed to be fun, but I don't think anything is fun if you're not doing it reasonably well.

The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.

There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.

If golf wasn't enjoyable and there wasn't a lot of humor and enjoyment, even though the game is so frustrating, you would wonder why you put yourself through it.

The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.

I don't think golf has ever been any pressure as far as having to succeed.

You go out on the practice range, and something kind of clicks, and you start hitting the ball very crisply. And you're sure that you've found it, the holy grail - that all you have to do is hold your hand in a certain way. Then you go out on the golf course, and it's completely disappeared.

Putting allows the touchy golfer two to four opportunities to blow a gasket in the short space of two to forty feet.

Every day I play golf, that's my goal. To break 70 the other way. To shoot 70 or better.

I found an instructor, Chris O'Connell, who helped me. He turned me into the player I am today - a consistent golfer.

The game of golf doesn't come rushing back to you. Last week I made a couple of fundamental mistakes that I probably wouldn't have made in the heat of the battle back when I was in my heyday, and those things have got to come back.

I have worked hard to improve my consistency in my driving, irons, short game, and putting.

I love golf. But do you know how I got good at golf? Because of Charles Barkley. I was playing with Charles, Michael Jordan and Roy Green, and Charles was talking so much trash. On every shot, he was talking trash. So I left the tournament, and I went and practiced for a year and half.

If I can hit the ball the way I want to hit it on the range, I'd rather do that than play golf. I just love the feeling of hitting good golf shots.

I started playing golf because I wanted to be good. After a while, you have to come to a decision of, 'Am I good enough or not?' If you say 'yes,' then it's a simple step towards deciding to be as good as you can be.

I've forgotten more about bad putting than all the lousy putters in the firmament combined. My mind has been twisted into an incurable, disturbing venue of bad speed and inadequate line. I just want to go out and not feel like I'm putting a Rubik's Cube with a flimsy piece of rope.

I trained more than anybody ever in a golf film ever made - my swing is pretty hot.

Hit the ball pretty solid. Haven't played a lot of golf this year, so was really unsure of what it would be like. I've been playing pretty well lately, especially hitting the ball solid.

I've really got no complaints about the way I played, just extremely frustrating with the putter and I'm sure there's a lot of other players saying the same thing except the guy who's going to win the golf tournament.

I like to address all parts of my game, but I'm really concentrating a lot of time with my coach, David Whelan, on my short game and on the greens.