Arnold Palmer Quotes

I always, always decide where I'm going with the ball before I take a penalty shot, stare at the ball, follow through, and never look at the place that I'm going to shoot.

When you are in a good position you are sure to drive well and to be very concentrated in each corner.

I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit.

That is what shooting is. There is no secret sauce, man. You've got to find mechanics that you can make the same every time, and you've got to do it over and over again, and you can't just shoot for rhythm. You've got to understand what you are doing. You have to focus on those details every day.

The more you can keep your action and your mind and the ball you are delivering as simple as you can nothing can go wrong.

It doesn't matter how tough you are. It doesn't matter how smart you are or what a great leader you are. None of that stuff matters if you can't put the ball where you have to put it.

Then you figure out that if you don't throw it as hard as you can, you can put it where you want. It's more important where you put it.

It's just a matter of hitting the ball where I want to hit it and hopefully making some putts.

By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision.

I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit it, you're able to hit it with a couple of short sharp shots... it's a beautiful thing.

I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in there and also understand that for every punch that you or your opponent throws there's always a counter shot or two which you have to be ready to fire or defend.

I'm getting more and more comfortable out on the golf course with the changes I've been making. It's really just a confidence thing in that I love being in contention.

I couldn't have been a great goalkeeper without power, agility and quickness.

I don't believe in luck. Not in golf, anyway. There are good bounces and bad bounces, sure, but the ball is round and so is the hole. If you find yourself in a position where you hope for luck to pull you through, you're in serious trouble.

To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger.

It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it.

Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block.

I've been working on my finishing for quite some time. It's just a question of paying attention to the minor details.

In golf, you have to stay patient and calm. On the race track you can let loose, but in golf you can't and you must be calm.

Putting is not an art, it's a dreaded evil. No wise man ever said that.

I fight like Bruce Lee. I train in his style of kung fu, wing chun. It's all about fighting with controlled power, so you learn to punch correctly.

The secret of power is will.

Golf is the greatest sport of all to see if you can handle pressure.

When I'm shooting, that's all I do.

Only great players can have two shots for one ball, like Tendulkar does, and a big reason is that he picks the ball very early.