Arnold Palmer

I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.

— Arnold Palmer

I received many years of good advice from my father - how to live, how to play, how to be a gentleman.

— Arnold Palmer

I fly my own airplane, and I have since 1960. I rarely fly anywhere other than my own airplane.

— Arnold Palmer

Winning is a drive, it's a thing that you feel like when I go to bed at night I go to sleep.

— Arnold Palmer

I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.

— Arnold Palmer

I’m particularly proud of anything the House and the Senate agree on,

— Arnold Palmer

I would like to say, however, that a man might be walking around lucky and not know it unless he tries.

— Arnold Palmer

I have won the Australian, I won the British, all PGA championships, but I haven't won the PGA championship.

— Arnold Palmer

You can describe my round as having moments of ecstasy and stark raving terror. I looked like I knew what I was…

— Arnold Palmer

When you play by the rules, defy mental demons, overcome every challenge, and enjoy a walk in the country at the same…

— Arnold Palmer

I'm not much for sitting around and thinking about the past or talking about the past. What does that accomplish?

— Arnold Palmer

Sam Snead will fly anywhere in my plane with me. Sam's not as worried about the danger as he is about saving…

— Arnold Palmer

Great touch is often written off simply as 'talent,' which is crucial, because a good swing can take a golfer only so…

— Arnold Palmer

I enjoyed the fans thoroughly, and they were always helpful. They were the reason that I tried so hard over the years.

— Arnold Palmer

I am against making golf courses obsolete, going to the national Open and playing half the holes with a one-iron.

— Arnold Palmer

I think the people I have met have meant a great deal to me, more than any shot I ever hit. I…

— Arnold Palmer

I grew up in poverty on the edge of a golf course. I saw how people lived on the other side of…

— Arnold Palmer

There's some good news, too, and the good news is that the players [finally] have become more aware of the fact that…

— Arnold Palmer

To me, wearing glasses is no pleasure, but once I conceded that I simply couldn't properly judge distance without them, I began…

— Arnold Palmer

I think, first of all, I'm very proud of Sam Saunders in general. I am happy to see him playing well and…

— Arnold Palmer

Trouble is bad to get into but fun to get out of. If you're in trouble, eighty percent of the time there's…

— Arnold Palmer

I don't think that golf has a place for two sets of rules. I think one of the reasons that the game…

— Arnold Palmer

I feel more strongly than ever about this. I would like the professional game freed of golf carts. Golf is a physical…

— Arnold Palmer

I guess most of us would rather not discuss cancer because we are all afraid we might be told we have it.…

— Arnold Palmer

Establish a system you have confidence in and rely on it when you get into tough situations.

— Arnold Palmer

Golf is a game of inches. The most important are the six inches between your ears.

— Arnold Palmer

My problem happens to be near-sightedness - inability to see distance. And this is pretty tough on a golfer.

— Arnold Palmer

First time I met Jack [Nicholas ] I had heard about his golf and prowess - I was playing in the Ohio amateur.

— Arnold Palmer

Players need to remember they didn't make golf. Golf made them.

— Arnold Palmer

Why hit a conservative shot? When you miss it, you are in just as much trouble as when you miss a bold…

— Arnold Palmer

I can't be casual about losing. I always think I have a chance to win until winning is absolutely impossible.

— Arnold Palmer

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

— Arnold Palmer

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

— Arnold Palmer

I never met a winner who had a work ethic. Not somebody who says I have so much talent that naturally I…

— Arnold Palmer

Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.

— Arnold Palmer

I'm in love with golf, and I want everybody else to share my love affair.

— Arnold Palmer

Every day I play golf, that's my goal. To break 70 the other way. To shoot 70 or better.

— Arnold Palmer

Golf never ceases to be a challenge, even when it really is just you and the ball out there and nobody else.

— Arnold Palmer

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

— Arnold Palmer

How did I make a twelve on a par five hole? It's simple - I missed a four foot putt for an…

— Arnold Palmer