178 Quotes by Bobby Jones

We were staying at the University of New Orleans, and it was awful, worse than you can imagine.

I got an extra hour’s nap.

Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots – but you have to play the ball where it lies.

The main idea in golf as in life, I suppose is to learn to accept what cannot be altered and to keep on doing one’s own reasoned and resolute best whether the prospect be bleak or rosy.

Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I’m not even familiar with.

The toughest opponent of all is Old Man Par. He’s a patient soul who never shoots a birdie and never incurs a bogey. And if you would travel the long road with him, you must be patient, too.

Golf is a game that creates emotions that sometimes cannot be sustained with the club still in one’s hand.

Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.

Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.