286 Quotes by Arnold Palmer

I'm looking forward to the dinner, that's why I'm here. I miss driving down Magnolia Lane and not having my clubs ready to play, but that's the way it is now.

For years I did take my time, but that was because I hated waiting to hit shots - I adopted a pace where I didn't have to stand by my ball and wait.

I like the new format because it's a good blend of the older and younger guys out here. We had a hard time getting into a rhythm, but we still had our chances at the end. It was disappointing in some ways, but I still had a good time.

I have had a love affair with Wake Forest since my undergraduate days, but I didn’t realize until many years later what I had truly learned at Wake Forest, both in and out of the classroom, about the meaning of a productive and meaningful life,

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. I went up and was waiting for all the accolades, and my mom was teary and happy and my dad looked at me and said, “Well, boy, you did good,” and that was it.

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

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

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 have a chance to win.

On the Old Course at St. Andrews: This is the origin of the game, golf in its purest form, and it’s still played that way on a course seemingly untouched by time. Every time I play here, it reminds me that this is still a game.