94 Quotes by Sam Snead

Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn’t give away.

I shot a wild elephant in Africa thirty yards from me, and it didn’t hit the ground until it was right at my feet. I wasn’t a bit scared. But a four foot putt scares me to death.

I’ve gotten rid of the yips four times but they hang in there. You know those two-foot downhill putts with a break? I’d rather see a rattlesnake.

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.

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 he shot.

If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they’d starve to death.

You’ve just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you’ve hit it.

I hope I’ll never get too old to want to take part in this event, and I don’t think I will ever age that much.

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 on a log.