John Niven Quotes

I have an equal amount of patience as my grade-school children, which is not great.

Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about.

I've never had the patience of a teacher.

Students never think it can be the teacher's fault and so I thought I was stupid. I was frustrated and would come home and cry because I couldn't do it. Then we got a new teacher who made math accessible. That made all the difference and I learned that it's how you present it that makes it scary or friendly.

It's my belief that you can take everyone down a logical path if you take them slowly enough, and the trouble is that mathematical brains can get scrambled a little bit on the way. You get a bad teacher, it messes you up for the rest of the journey.

When I was playing in a junior tournament one time, I missed a short putt and threw my putter into the trees. I went on to win the tournament and later, instead of my dad congratulating me, he told me that if I ever threw a club again, I'd never play in another golf tournament. I haven't thrown a club since.

Golf gives and takes. So yeah, sometimes you make those putts, sometimes you just miss them. But that's golf.

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.

My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable.

My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.

There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect.

I was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the youngest of four girls, including my oldest sister, Lisa, who has special needs. My mom was a special education teacher, and my dad worked on the Army base. We weren't wealthy, but we were determined to succeed.

Golf is the most useless outdoor game ever devised to waste the time and try the spirit of man.

I could never have a better teacher in those days than my father.

Find a good teacher, as I found for my sons. I feel the worst thing you can do is to try and teach your own children yourself, because there is a natural rebellion that occurs.

I'm impatient sometimes.

The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher.

I was a hyper kid in school and the teacher suggested to my mom she needed to do something with me.

For the longest time, you just sound like a broken record, but you have to be consistent when teaching kids.

Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need.

I have no patience at all.

I'm patient with crossword puzzles and the most impatient golfer.

It's just golf. As long as I get done without breakin' somethin' or hurtin' somebody, that's my goal.

I play golf with my dad all the time.

One of my favourite parts of training is doing it with Dad in the local nets. When I do that, I feel like a kid again. We never argue. He has to put up with some bad moods from me when I'm not hitting it as I'd like. He's very placid. He's not a pushy parent at all.