Gary Player Quotes
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The closer you can live to being a vegetarian the better.
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If Ernie Els were on our team, I think we'd have a better team than the European Ryder Cup team, ... Not to say if we played them we would beat them ? I think we would. But it's a stronger team.
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It's very long for me. I'm driving it into the face of every hill out there (and) had to hit a wood into every (par-4) hole.
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I thought when I get to 70, I would be sitting on the ranch and doing less, and I'm doing more. I would say, with all things equal, five more years.
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The more I practise, the luckier I become.
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Being up one point is irrelevant. It's like a mile race and you're 50 yards ahead. There's such a long way to go.
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Ernie is as tough as can be, and I think his performance in the last two majors left him highly motivated. I wouldn't be surprised if he won at St. Andrews.
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That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.
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I wish I could put a patent on that thing. That was so straight I had to lean over sideways to see the flag!
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The pressure gets worse the older you get. The hole starts to look the size of a Bayer aspirin.
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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.
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If you are going to keep company with me, don't embarrass me.
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If there's one man in the world who could play two men, it would be Tiger. In my mind, Furyk is going to play.
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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.
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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.
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It's like a mile race and you're 50 yards ahead. This is as close as it can be without being a tie.
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The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, There's a star. The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, Superstar. I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.
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The more I work and practice, the luckier I seem to get.
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That putt Chris made, I take my hat off to him, ... What a day's golf.
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Arnie played 50 years and quit, so maybe I'll play 51 and hang it up.
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I rarely eat red meat and only occasionally eat fish. Plant based foods are my main source of nutrition along with nuts, fruits, brown breads and grains.
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It's a marriage. If I had to choose between my wife and my putter, well, I'd miss her.
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It's a strange game, ... Today you shoot 66. Tomorrow you shoot 73. It changes within hours.
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There is absolutely nothing humorous at the Masters. Here, small dogs do not bark and babies do not cry.