--- title: "7 Play golf Quotes By Arnold Palmer" description: "7 Play golf quotes by Arnold Palmer. Plus more from Arnold Palmer and more Play golf sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/arnold-palmer-2127_america_i-love-america-i-wanted-to-play-golf-939_93922.jpg" --- > [I love America. I wanted to play golf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/i-love-america-i-wanted-to-play-golf/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/arnold-palmer-2127_america_i-love-america-i-wanted-to-play-golf-939_93922.jpg) > [I think I've heard somebody say that I was a well-dressed golfer. I guess that has something to do with the fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/i-think-i-ve-heard-somebody-say-that-i-was-a-well-dressed-golfer-i/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/arnold-palmer-2127_dress_i-think-i-ve-heard-somebody-say-that-i-w_155925.jpg) > [ We just became very good friends \[with Dwight Eisenhower\], we played golf, we played heart exhibitions. Then his doctor said he should… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/we-just-became-very-good-friends-with-dwight-eisenhower-we-played/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4df/arnold-palmer-2127_doctors_we-just-became-very-good-friends-with-dw_500540.jpg) > [That's another thing about my father. He made me very conscious of the fact I wasn't very good and I had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/that-s-another-thing-about-my-father-he-made-me-very-conscious-of-the/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/arnold-palmer-2127_conscious_that-s-another-thing-about-my-father-he_1074793.jpg) > [Every day I play golf, that's my goal. To break 70 the other way. To shoot 70 or better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/every-day-i-play-golf-that-s-my-goal-to-break-70-the-other-way-to/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/arnold-palmer-2127_better_every-day-i-play-golf-that-s-my-goal-to_2146503.jpg) > [I like the Miami because I could play golf all winter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/i-like-the-miami-because-i-could-play-golf-all-winter/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/arnold-palmer-2127_golf_i-like-the-miami-because-i-could-play-go_2245815.jpg) > [When I was playing in a junior tournament one time, I missed a short putt and threw my putter into the trees.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/when-i-was-playing-in-a-junior-tournament-one-time-i-missed-a-short/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/arnold-palmer-2127_clubs_when-i-was-playing-in-a-junior-tournamen_2558344.jpg) ## Other authors on Play golf ## More by Arnold Palmer > [The whole secret to mastering the game of golf - and this applies to the beginner as well as the pro - is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/the-whole-secret-to-mastering-the-game-of-golf-and-this-applies-to/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) > [If you're stupid enough to whiff, you should be smart enough to forget it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/if-you-re-stupid-enough-to-whiff-you-should-be-smart-enough-to-forget/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) > [I would urge the government to allocate more funds toward fighting cancer. My own situation, it made me think. It made me think about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/i-would-urge-the-government-to-allocate-more-funds-toward-fighting/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) > [I’m particularly proud of anything the House and the Senate agree on,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/i-m-particularly-proud-of-anything-the-house-and-the-senate-agree-on/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) > [I love America. I wanted to play golf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/i-love-america-i-wanted-to-play-golf/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) > [I've always been a big thinker that the more international competition that we create through sports the better relationships we'll have with countries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/i-ve-always-been-a-big-thinker-that-the-more-international/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) > [I would not have been able to accomplish a lot of what I did professionally had I not learned to fly myself and owned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/i-would-not-have-been-able-to-accomplish-a-lot-of-what-i-did/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) > [I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/i-ve-always-made-a-total-effort-even-when-the-odds-seemed-entirely/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) > [You don't go to Palm Springs in the summer unless you're building a golf course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/you-don-t-go-to-palm-springs-in-the-summer-unless-you-re-building-a/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) > [A lot of tournaments that I can remember I made a few bad shots and I was afraid I would lose the tournament and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/a-lot-of-tournaments-that-i-can-remember-i-made-a-few-bad-shots-and-i/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) > [ I played with \[Dwight Eisenhower\] on the day after I won the Masters at his request. We became everlasting friends. I was with him… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/i-played-with-dwight-eisenhower-on-the-day-after-i-won-the-masters-at/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) > [I was national amateur champion. I was 24 years old. My father was there, and I couldn't wait to see him, and my mother.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/i-was-national-amateur-champion-i-was-24-years-old-my-father-was/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) > [I think I've heard somebody say that I was a well-dressed golfer. I guess that has something to do with the fact that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/i-think-i-ve-heard-somebody-say-that-i-was-a-well-dressed-golfer-i/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) > [I fly my own airplane, and I have since 1960. I rarely fly anywhere other than my own airplane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/i-fly-my-own-airplane-and-i-have-since-1960-i-rarely-fly-anywhere/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) > [The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-palmer/the-most-rewarding-things-you-do-in-life-are-often-the-ones-that-look/) [Arnold Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-palmer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/play-golf/arnold-palmer/#itemlist", "name": "7 Play golf Quotes By Arnold Palmer", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love America. 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