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Sam Snead quotes: Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.

Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.

Sam Snead quotes: Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease.

Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease.

Sam Snead quotes: If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.

If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.

Sam Snead quotes: I looked like a monkey trying to wrestle a football.

I looked like a monkey trying to wrestle a football.

Sam Snead quotes: In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.

In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.

Sam Snead quotes: Those who go along get along.

Those who go along get along.

Sam Snead quotes: Most people who play golf have one big trouble: they think too much. To get any real mileage out of this game you've got to sit on your imagination.

Most people who play golf have one big trouble: they think too much. To get any real mileage out of this game you've got to sit on your imagination.

Sam Snead quotes: That little white ball is always staring back at you, daring you to make a mistake.

That little white ball is always staring back at you, daring you to make a mistake.

Sam Snead quotes: Forget your opponents; always play against par.

Forget your opponents; always play against par.

Sam Snead quotes: Golf got complicated when I had to wear shoes and begin thinking about what I was doing.

Golf got complicated when I had to wear shoes and begin thinking about what I was doing.

Sam Snead quotes: Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.

Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.

Sam Snead quotes: Practice your swing until it becomes a habit of mind and muscle.

Practice your swing until it becomes a habit of mind and muscle.

Sam Snead quotes: If I could have shot 69 in the last round every time, I would have won nine U.S. Opens. Nine!

If I could have shot 69 in the last round every time, I would have won nine U.S. Opens. Nine!

Sam Snead quotes: Golf tip: Lay off for three weeks and then quit for good.

Golf tip: Lay off for three weeks and then quit for good.

Sam Snead quotes: I give the ball some sweet talk. I tell it that this isn't going to hurt a bit. I'm a friend and all I'm going to do is give it

I give the ball some sweet talk. I tell it that this isn't going to hurt a bit. I'm a friend and all I'm going to do is give it a nice little ride.

Sam Snead quotes: Grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird.

Grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird.

Sam Snead quotes: I've gotten rid of the yips four times but they hang in there. You know those two-foot downhill putts with a break? I'd rather see a rattlesnake.

I've gotten rid of the yips four times but they hang in there. You know those two-foot downhill putts with a break? I'd rather see a rattlesnake.

Sam Snead quotes: There is an old saying: if a man comes home with sand in his cuffs and cockleburs in his pants, don't ask him what he shot.

There is an old saying: if a man comes home with sand in his cuffs and cockleburs in his pants, don't ask him what he shot.

Sam Snead quotes: When I ask you what club to use, look the other way and don't answer.

When I ask you what club to use, look the other way and don't answer.

Sam Snead quotes: I hope I'll never get too old to want to take part in this event, and I don't think I will ever age that much.

I hope I'll never get too old to want to take part in this event, and I don't think I will ever age that much.

Sam Snead quotes: Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.

Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.

Sam Snead quotes: These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

Sam Snead quotes: You can't go into a shop and buy a good game of golf.

You can't go into a shop and buy a good game of golf.

Sam Snead quotes: Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away.

Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away.

Sam Snead quotes: Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.

Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.

Sam Snead quotes: Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.

Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.

Sam Snead quotes: Don't just play your way around the course. Think your way around way around the course.

Don't just play your way around the course. Think your way around way around the course.

Sam Snead quotes: Good golfing temperament falls between taking it with a grin or shrug and throwing a fit.

Good golfing temperament falls between taking it with a grin or shrug and throwing a fit.

Sam Snead quotes: Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally.

Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally.

Sam Snead quotes: The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.

The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.

Sam Snead quotes: The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning ... and Ben Hogan.

The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning ... and Ben Hogan.

Sam Snead quotes: Practice puts brains in your muscles.

Practice puts brains in your muscles.

Sam Snead quotes: I was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.

I was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.

Sam Snead quotes: If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.

If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.

Sam Snead quotes: The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.

The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.

Sam Snead quotes: Golf course architects make me sick. They can't play themselves, so they rig the courses so nobody else can play either.

Golf course architects make me sick. They can't play themselves, so they rig the courses so nobody else can play either.

Sam Snead quotes: I've been on some fairways that are as good as the greens we putted on back then. We had crab grass. I remember one green where I putted through ants.

I've been on some fairways that are as good as the greens we putted on back then. We had crab grass. I remember one green where I putted through ants.

Sam Snead quotes: The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey.

The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey.

Sam Snead quotes: But you don't have to go up in the stands and play your foul balls. I do.

But you don't have to go up in the stands and play your foul balls. I do.

Sam Snead quotes: You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it.

You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it.

Sam Snead quotes: The fairways were so narrow you had to walk down them single file.

The fairways were so narrow you had to walk down them single file.

Sam Snead quotes: There are no short hitters on the tour anymore - just long and unbelievably long.

There are no short hitters on the tour anymore - just long and unbelievably long.

Sam Snead quotes: To win,you must have both talent an desire- but desire first.

To win,you must have both talent an desire- but desire first.

Sam Snead quotes: Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.

Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.

Sam Snead quotes: What abandoned course is that?

What abandoned course is that?

Sam Snead quotes: Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.

Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.

Sam Snead quotes: I'd say that golf is about 75% mental. If your state of mind gets out of kilter, you're worse off than a tomcat floating on a log.

I'd say that golf is about 75% mental. If your state of mind gets out of kilter, you're worse off than a tomcat floating on a log.

Sam Snead quotes: Golf is played with the arms.

Golf is played with the arms.

Sam Snead quotes: When I swing at a golf ball right, my mind is blank and my body is loose as a goose.

When I swing at a golf ball right, my mind is blank and my body is loose as a goose.

Sam Snead quotes: You have more potential than you think.

You have more potential than you think.

Sam Snead quotes: Make the basic shot-making decision early, clearly and firmly, and then ritualize all the necessary acts of preparation.

Make the basic shot-making decision early, clearly and firmly, and then ritualize all the necessary acts of preparation.