Faldo Quotes

#1. God said to Faldo, as He once said to Nicklaus, "You will have the skills like no other." Then he whispered to Ballesteros, as he whispered to Palmer, "But they will love you more."

Tom Callahan

#2. Faldo has lost a lot of respect from players because of what he said.

Ian Poulter

#3. One of the reserves came up to me and said 'I'm finding it a bit hard, it's the first time I've ever been dropped'. So I told him to do what Nick Faldo does and work at his game. Next thing I know he's doing exactly what Faldo does, he's taken up golf.

Ron Atkinson

#4. 'Golf Digest' had all the old school swings, and my favorite swing, ever, was Nick Faldo's swing. And it had all the greats, Ernie Els and Nick Faldo and all that stuff, and I had the pictures of their swing sequences on my wall.

Jason Day

#5. It's not a British attitude to dedicate yourself to such an extent as he [Wilkinson] does ... He is such a dedicated so-and-so who only thinks about booting it over the posts

Nick Faldo

#6. We were happily married for eight months. Unfortunately, we were married for four and a half years.

Nick Faldo

#7. You don't have to be a big name to do big things. Shine does not require recognition.

T.F. Hodge

#8. I would like to thank the press from the heart of my bottom.

Nick Faldo

#9. I think the last album I bought was a very beautiful album called 'Lost Wisdom' by Mount Eerie featuring Julie Doiron, and I bought it direct from Phil Elverum via his website. It's cool you can do that now with the Internet.

Withered Hand

#10. The course is perfection and it asks perfection.

Nick Faldo

#11. Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.

Douglas Horton

#12. I never mixed with golfers when I was playing, mainly because I didn't want to talk golf all night.

Nick Faldo

#13. Tempo is the glue that sticks all elements of the golf swing together.

Nick Faldo

#14. The word is control. That's my ultimate - to have control.

Nick Faldo

#15. John certainly gives it a good hit, doesn't he? My Sunday best is a Wednesday afternoon compared to him.

Nick Faldo

#16. He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity.

Nick Faldo

#17. I have a profound admiration for Fellini. I met him lately and he's just fantastic. I feel very close to him even though he's very Italian. But his films could have been made in every country. When I say, I feel close to him, then also because we're both born on January 20th.

David Lynch

#18. My game is like a cross between karaoke and rap: crap.

Nick Faldo

#19. When it blows here, even the seagulls walk.

Nick Faldo

#20. Golf is not about the quality of your good shots, it is about the quality of your bad shots.

Nick Faldo

#21. So great is the worth of Dostoevsky that to have produced him is by itself sufficient justification for the existence of the Russian people in the world: and he will bear witness for his country-men at the last judgement of the nations.

Nikolai Berdyaev

#22. Without death, our lives would have no meaning. Death frames our end for us and also puts a value on things.

Richard Leider

#23. Ask people to pitch in - hand them a spoon and ask them to stir. Doing things together, having everyone help, makes for a nicer party.

Ruth Reichl

#24. You've got a fairly good idea as to what the questions are going to be. But how to record the best answer is another matter.

Nick Faldo

#25. It goes without saying that it is no good having a perfect setup, perfect grip and perfect golf swing if the whole thing is misaligned. It sounds obvious but many players simply do not spend enough time getting themselves on target.

Nick Faldo

#26. I was a little stunned that we didn't get a coloring book with this menu.

Nick Faldo

#27. A sphere is made up of not one, but an infinite number of circles; women have diverse gifts, and to say that women's sphere is the family circle is a mathematical absurdity.

Maria Mitchell

#28. The past is the past, but if you're overanalyzing or trying to repeat it, you're gonna get stuck. I just had a wonderful youth, and I loved everything about it, so I really try and hang on to it.

Chris Evans

#29. My time with my family is a priority.

Nick Faldo