The only reason I played golf was so that I could afford to go hunting and fishing.
– Sam Snead
To win, you have to have the talent and desire – but desire is first.
– Sam Snead
The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come
back from defeat.
– Sam Snead
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
The greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.
– Sam Snead
The three things I fear most in golf are lightning, Ben Hogan and a downhill putt.
– Sam Snead
When I swing at a golf ball right, my mind is blank and my body is loose as a goose.
– Sam Snead
The greens are harder than a whore’s heart.
– Sam Snead
Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.
– Sam Snead
Thinking instead of acting is the number-one golf disease.
– Sam Snead
Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.
– Sam Snead
Golf is a beautiful thing to watch – it’s timing and rhythm.
– Sam Snead
Forget your opponents; always play against par.
– Sam Snead
If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they’d starve to death.
– Sam Snead
Practice puts brains in your muscles.
– Sam Snead