Gary Player Quotes, Thoughts and images

The harder I practised, the luckier I got.

Each shot is essential.

Enjoy the game. Happy golf is good golf.

I try to work with God as a partner.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

It would help if you worked very hard to become a natural golfer.

If you are going to keep company with me, don't embarrass me.

The more I work and practice, the luckier I seem to get.

Simply by making the effort to start something, you will be miles ahead of almost everyone else.

It's a marriage. If I had to choose between my wife and my putter, well, I'd miss her.

A strong mind is one of the key components that separates the great from the good.

We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.

Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I've played the game for 40 years and I still haven't the slightest idea how to play.

If you think your hands are more important in your golf swing than your legs, try walking a hole on your hands.

If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.

That loss was to breed independence, a toughness of spirit, and awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me.

Perhaps the most important thing I can tell you about equipment is to experiment and keep an open mind.

There is absolutely nothing humorous at the Masters. Here, small dogs do not bark and babies do not cry.

The pressure gets worse the older you get. The hole starts to look the size of a Bayer aspirin.

I've studied golf for almost 50 years now and know a hell of a lot about nothing.

When you play the game for fun, it's fun. When you play it for a living, it's a game of sorrows.

I wish I could put a patent on that thing. That was so straight I had to lean over sideways to see the flag!

The closer you can live to being a vegetarian the better.

You can always speak with great authority on how well you played today, but never on how you'll play tomorrow.

Everyone wants to be known as a great striker of the ball for some reason. Nobody wants to be called a lucky, one-putting s.o.b.

The more I practise, the luckier I become

I always said that if they have a golf course like this in heaven, I want to be the head pro.

When a rules man gives you a ruling, that’s it. Amen.

I've traveled more than any human being who's ever lived.

I don't have any hesitation saying I've traveled more miles than any human being who ever lived. I've been doing it for 60 years.