David L. Wolper Quotes

You drive for show but putt for dough.

You know, one day you make putts and the next day you don't.

Sometimes the pass is perfect, but you can't shoot the puck. Sometimes it's a bad pass and you do a good shot.

I rely on my ball striking more than anything.

Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course

A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.

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

Baseball is a game of inches.

Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt.

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.

Part of my craft is catching the ball, so I definitely put a lot of pride into it.

If you're aiming for a hole in one, and you get one, you feel lucky - but at the same time you can justifiably say, 'Well, I was aiming for the hole anyway.'

There are spots that I have to hit. Throws I can't miss.

For some people to say, 'I just go up there and hit it,' we'll that's good for you. If it works for you, it works for you. But I want to be as precise as possible heading into that shot.

In ice dancing, you cannot decide your result. You just have to do your best, and you can't decide if you win or not.

They say I'm famous for my chip shots. Sure, when I hit 'em right, they land just so, like a butterfly with sore feet.

This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.

In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf.

If you want to hit it farther, hit it better.

There are no logical answers in football. That's just the way it goes.

How you practice in nets matters a lot.

It's true that in tennis sometimes the margins are very thin.

I think I like the artistry of the game. I still get a lot of pleasure watching the good-quality teams play, where the movements of the players are coordinated. It's almost ballet-like, although 'ballet-like' is a bit of an exaggeration.

I'm in a sport where, on their day, anyone can beat anyone else if they are at the top of their own game.

It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.