Sean Connery Quotes

Good golfing temperament falls between taking it with a grin or shrug and throwing a fit.

Golf is a game that creates emotions that sometimes cannot be sustained with the club still in one's hand.

If I make a bogey or three putt I'm on fire inside. But it's not like you're going to play any better slamming your club or getting angry. So you might as well just keep it in. People say I'm pretty calm, but I do make mistakes and I do get angry, but I try and not show it.

The U.S. Open just takes so much discipline. You have got to be a great putter and just kind of let things roll off your back.

I was an athlete when I was younger and played a lot of sports, including golf, but I always ended up throwing around my clubs in frustration.

Show me a golfer who doesn't have a mean streak, and I'll show you a weak competitor.

When it's over, it's over is part of football's greatest appeal to me. When a game ends, win or lose, it's time to prepare for the next one.

Golf is not about the quality of your good shots, it is about the quality of your bad shots.

Golf is the cruelest game, because eventually it will drag you out in front of the whole school, take your lunch money and slap you around.

There is a lot of basketball beyond our control, but a player should never let anyone try harder than he does

There is no room on the golf course for anger or self-pity.

You learn to accept defeat graciously in golf. Unlike other sports, the game itself is a constant opponent. It never stops. A golfer is fortunate to win a few times. We spend our whole lives trying to conquer something, and we lose a lot more than we win.

While it is important to win, it’s even more important to remain undefeated no matter what happens.

Losing a game is not a big deal, except you've got to make sure that you move on and get the next one.

Don't let a single game break your heart.

Know how to win and how to lose and be able to handle adversity.

The greatest thing for me football-wise is that it's a test of will.

Baseball's best teams lose about sixty-five times a season. It is not a game you can play with your teeth clenched.

I get upset over a bad shot just like anyone else. But it's silly to let the game get to you. When I miss a shot I just think what a beautiful day it is. And what pure fresh air I'm breathing. Then I take a deep breath. I have to do that. That's what gives me the strength to break the club.

Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and snuff it out.

That's what baseball is all about right there, a matter of will.

There was kind of a code that you had as an Australian that you never left the court losing unless you had blood all over you. That's the sort of toughness you need to compete on the world stage and I feel that our kids today just don't have it.

I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.

I expect myself to do well. I'm not, like, 'Oh, well.' I'm not in that category just yet. I don't play great golf a lot anymore. I do it every now and then. I finished third in the British Open last year, so I know I can still do it.

Be strong , my young friends; that is my advice to you. You will be nearer to Heaven through football than through the study of the Gita. These are bold words; but I have to say them, for I love you. I know where the shoe pinches.