Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmeris a retired American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in professional golf history. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955. Nicknamed "The King", he is one of golf's most popular stars and its most important trailblazer, because he was the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth10 September 1929
CityLatrobe, PA
CountryUnited States of America
We just became very good friends [ with Dwight Eisenhower ], we played golf, we played heart exhibitions. Then his doctor said he should not play golf anymore.
I played with [Dwight Eisenhower] on the day after I won the Masters at his request. We became everlasting friends. I was with him the day before he died at Walter Reed.
If you can concentrate on what you're doing and have the desire to do the things you have to do to win, you'll succeed.
I always said that if I have the perfect club then I should play the perfect game.
I love America. I wanted to play golf.
If the athlete is fair with the press, he deserves fairness back.
I never met a winner who had a work ethic. Not somebody who says I have so much talent that naturally I won.
I look back, it taught me something - it taught me how to live, how to be a better guy, not let defeat be the end of my life.
I played high school golf, I played amateur golf and I started getting officers. I was playing pretty good, won amateur tournaments as a junior, and the whole thing.
I like the Miami because I could play golf all winter.
The fans, I loved them. My mother would be in the gallery, I would look right at my mother and not remember.
My search for ways to improve my touch has never ended. We players tried a lot of different things and compared notes. Little fads would set in.
I find myself getting associated with a lot of younger people in the game. I still enjoy playing with them, and I think they still enjoy playing with me. As long as I can stay competitive and have fun doing what I'm doing, I guess I'll keep doing it.
I can remember back to my early tour days when some fellows didn't think I'd last too long. Nothing physical - they said it was my swing. Some said it was too much of a 'muscle swing' to stand the test of time. One fellow predicted I wouldn't get past 30 out there.