To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment. — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
No matter what happens - never give up a hole....In tossing in your cards after a bad beginning you also undermine your whole game, because to quit between tee and green is more habit-forming than drinking a highball before breakfast. — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
I'd say that golf is about 75% mental. If your state of mind gets out of kilter, you're worse off than a tomcat floating… — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
There is an old saying: if a man comes home with sand in his cuffs and cockleburs in his pants, don't ask him what… — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it. — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
When I swing at a golf ball right, my mind is blank and my body is loose as a goose. — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
'You know Bobby, when I was your age I'd drive the ball right over those trees at the corner.' Feeling challenged Mr. Cole hit… — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt. — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally. — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
The three things I fear most in golf are lightning, Ben Hogan and a downhill putt. — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
I believe in destiny...what's going to be is going to be. If I'm going to win, I'm going to win...I don't give a damn… — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
