Success in this game depends less on strength of body than strength of mind and character.
-Arnold Palmer

It’s great to win, but it’s also great fun to be in the thick of any truly well and hard fought contest against opponents you respect, whatever the outcome.
-Jack Nicklaus

You must work very hard to become a natural golfer.
-Gary Player

I never prayed that I would make a putt. I prayed that I would react well if I missed.
-Chi Chi Rodriguez

Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course – the distance between your ears.
Bobby Jones

If you expect a bad lie for even one second, the gods will know it and give you a bad lie.
Michelle Wie

Golf is 90 percent inspiration and 10 percent perspiration.
Johnny Miller

You’ve got to figure out what works best for you. That’s the hard part. You have to be your own person.
Tiger Woods

How about a funny one from a non-professional golfer?

It took me 17 years to get 3000 hits in baseball.  I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
-Hank Aaron