Arnold Palmer

A lot of people are afraid of winning. I was afraid I might not win.

Arnold Palmer

All the things that I have derived either directly or indirectly through the game of golf are things I owe a great deal to the game and to the people who support the game.

Arnold Palmer

An athlete must have a certain cockiness to succeed and win, but an athlete must also care about the game he or she plays.

Arnold Palmer

As long as I can stay competitive and have fun doing what I’m doing, I guess I’ll keep doing it.

Arnold Palmer

Don’t be ashamed to play safe.

Arnold Palmer

Frankly, I’m not much for funerals unless it’s absolutely an obligation. I don’t feel it serves much of a purpose to go and see my friends just lying there, dead. I try to pay my respects to my friends when they’re alive.

Arnold Palmer

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.

Arnold Palmer

Golf never ceases to be a challenge, even when it really is just you and the ball out there and nobody else.

Arnold Palmer

Golf would be my ticket somewhere, I told myself. I just couldn’t say where it would lead me.

Arnold Palmer

Had I not become a professional golfer, I think I would have pursued some type of career in aviation.

Arnold Palmer