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
Hit it hard, go find it and hit it hard again.
Golf is a game of inches. The most important are the six inches between your ears.
Golf is deceptively simple, endlessly complicated. A child can play it well and a grown man can never master it. It is almost a science, yet it is a puzzle with no answer.
I have won the Australian, I won the British, all PGA championships, but I haven't won the PGA championship.
Swing your swing. Not some idea of a swing. Not a swing you saw on TV. Not that swing you wish you had. No, swing your swing. Capable of greatness. Prized only by you. Perfect in it's imperfection. Swing your swing. I know, I did.
I'm in love with golf, and I want everybody else to share my love affair.
Know how to win by following the rules
The game is so fantastic, and people who get into it love it so much...I'd be pleased with that. There's no game like it.
Even before you step up to the ball, have a full battle plan for the hole worked out.
An athlete must have a certain cockiness to succeed and win, but an athlete must also care about the game he or she plays.
Don't be ashamed to play safe.
I suppose I could think of a lot of things to say about the fact that I still play. But I don't really need to. I can tell you this, that I enjoy it. I still enjoy it. I like to get out in the air and I like to walk and I like to do the things that are involved in playing golf.
I've always been a big thinker that the more international competition that we create through sports the better relationships we'll have with countries.
I would urge the government to allocate more funds toward fighting cancer. My own situation, it made me think. It made me think about the potential of dying. I wouldn't say I was scared. I'm more scared of how it will happen than of it happening. I'm not scared that I'm going to die. I think of how I'm going to die ... I don't want to linger. That scares me a little. The idea of lingering.