Byron Nelson Quotes

#1. Much of the fire with him [Ben Hogan] was lit by Byron Nelson, who came from the same town - the same caddie yard - and achieved fame and fortune several years ahead of Ben and who, as a kid, had always been popular and better liked than Ben. No puzzle at all.

Dan Jenkins

#2. Golf took young kids like Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and myself out of the caddie ranks and gave us money and a little bit of fame and let us live in the tall cotton.

Jimmy Demaret

#3. I'd follow Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson anywhere.

Dan Jenkins

#4. White House officials acknowledge in broad terms that a president's time and public rhetoric are among his most valuable policy tools.

Barton Gellman

#5. In my day we simply didn't believe that it was possible to play as well as these young fellows do. We thought that strength denied touch and that you could not consistently hit the ball both long and straight. It's been proven that you can.

Byron Nelson

#6. Golf is a lot like life. When you make a decision, stick with it.

Byron Nelson

#7. Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.

Byron Nelson

#8. Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.

Mikhail Tal

#9. I played the British Open in 1937. It took a week to get there and a week to get home. I was the low American; finished fourth or fifth. And what it came down to was, I lost a good part of my summer, won $185, and spent $1,000 on boat fare alone.

Byron Nelson

#10. Winners are different. They're a different breed of cat.

Byron Nelson

#11. Arnold Palmer has what I call an 'Eisenhower smile'. Those two men, they'd smile and their whole faces would look so pleasant; it was like they were smiling all over.

Byron Nelson

#12. Putting affects the nerves more than anything. I would actually get nauseated over three-footers.

Byron Nelson

#13. Golf is a percentage game, and I play the percentages.

Byron Nelson

#14. To control your nerves, you must have a positive thought in your mind.

Byron Nelson

#15. The only thing you should force in a golf swing is the club back in the bag.

Byron Nelson

#16. No golfer ever gets so consistently good that he can't use some constructive advice. No matter how many trophies he may win, he can't analyze and remedy his own faults.

Byron Nelson

#17. Sam Snead did to the tee-shot what Roger Bannister did to the four-minute mile.

Byron Nelson

#18. After the Big Recession of 2008, many Americans found themselves without jobs, homes, and savings. We realized that we really can't rely on our 401k's to keep us safe. It's up to us to achieve financial freedom for ourselves. And home-based businesses is the way to go.

Kevin J. Donaldson

#19. The only shots you can be sure of are those you've had already.

Byron Nelson

#20. But there's got to be an opening somewhere here in front of me. Through this maze of ugliness and greed.

Jakob Dylan

#21. One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing.

Byron Nelson

#22. My God, he looks like he's beating a chicken.

Byron Nelson

#23. Artists have always been the front line; that's part of our responsibility. But a lot of the big actors come out, they get slammed, and then they retreat.

Mark Ruffalo

#24. The first step in building a solid, dependable attitude is to be realistic, not only about your inherent capabilities, but also about how well you are playing to those capabilities on any given day.

Byron Nelson