The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
- Sam Snead
Defeat, Back, His, Champions
To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.
- Sam Snead
Distance, Indifference, Put, Detachment
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
Next, Other, Doubts, Next Time
These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.
- Sam Snead
Shadow, Over, Hold, Greens
The greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.
- Sam Snead
Over, Ball, Hit, Greens
Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.
- Sam Snead
Overcome, Want, Correct, Concentrate
If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.
- Sam Snead
Sports, Death, Starve, Fork
Practice puts brains in your muscles.
- Sam Snead
Fitness, Practice, Puts, Muscles
The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.
- Sam Snead
Reason, Hunt, Could, Fish
Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.
- Sam Snead
Fear, Worst, Hazards
Forget your opponents; always play against par.
- Sam Snead
Play, Forget, Always, Par
Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.
- Sam Snead
How, Asked, Looked, Nobody
Golf is played with the arms.
- Sam Snead
Golf, Played, Arms
Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away.
- Sam Snead
Play, Give, Away, Real Estate
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