Gary Player Golf Quotations

You must work very hard to become a natural golfer.

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

As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.

Golf benefited from today, ... Congratulations to the U.S.A. That putt that Chris holed on the last, I really take my hat off to him. They played better.

Golf benefited from today. Congratulations to the U.S.A. That putt that Chris holed on the last, I really take my hat off to him. They played better.

If there's a golf course in heaven, it's like this. I'm in no hurry to tee off but I hope I'm the head pro some day.

Any time you have two Presidents Cups in a row and you go to the 18th green, I mean, golf is the winner,

I just hate to see what's happening today with golf clubs that I consider to be illegal, ... I'd stop the grooves being so deep (on the ball), and I'd stop the trampoline effect in the wood.

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.

Golf asks something of a man. It makes one loathe mediocrity. It seems to say, "If you are going to keep company with me, don't embarrass me.

I am tired of all these golfers who are happy with second place. The only one who will like you if you come in second place is your wife and your dog. And that is only if you have a good wife and a good dog.

Enjoy the game. Happy golf is good golf.

The ideal build for a golfer would be strong hands, big forearms, thin neck, big thighs and a flat chest. He'd look like Popeye.

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

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 got so strong I felt like a giant.....When I stood on the tee with Arnold and Jack, I was tiny compared to them. But I never believed they were bigger than me. So the mind is so fascinating.

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.

Golf is a puzzle without an answer.

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

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

I try to work with God as a partner.

But golf being an international game and everybody loving the game the way they do, if you want to spread the game of golf, it's good that you have great competition.