Top 68 Gary Player Quotes
#1. The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
Jack Nicklaus
#2. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete.
Jack Nicklaus
#3. Gary Player and others have said all of us should all give Arnold Palmer a percentage of our earnings because without you there would be no television contracts and without you it wouldn't be as good for anyone.
Charlie Rose
#4. It's a marriage. If I had to choose between my wife and my putter, well, I'd miss her.
Gary Player
#5. When travelling, I make a point of eating a proper diet no matter where I am in the world. It is getting much easier to eat a vegetarian or vegan based diet.
Gary Player
#6. I rarely eat red meat and only occasionally eat fish. Plant based foods are my main source of nutrition along with nuts, fruits, brown breads and grains.
Gary Player
#7. The best player I ever coached was Gary Payton.
George Karl
#8. When I started out jumping around with a tennis racket, I never thought I would end up on a list of the best guitar players in the world. It makes me feel proud of the hard work I've put in.
Gary Hoey
#9. It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar player?' It keeps you reaching.
Gary Burton
#10. When you play the game for fun, it's fun. When you play it for a living, it's a game of sorrows.
Gary Player
#11. If you are an expressive player, people can feel that. It is an emotional thing and becomes an extension of yourself.
Gary Moore
#12. The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, There's a star. The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, Superstar. I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.
Gary Player
#13. The most underrated player in NBA history is Dominique Wilkins. Right behind him is Gary Payton. He never has gotten the respect he deserves. If he doesn't spend the rest of his days in Seattle, I hope he goes someplace where he has a chance to win a title.
Charles Barkley
#14. I have a little history. I met Stone Temple Pilots, and their guitar player was a huge Extreme fan. Somewhere down the road, Extreme made its statement.
Gary Cherone
#15. I think there are some good players coming up. I think we are at a point where people can swallow a guitar solo in a pop rock record again.
Gary Cherone
#16. The more I work and practice, the luckier I seem to get.
Gary Player
#17. Wind is part of the British Open. It is an examination and it took me a long time to pass the examination. Eighty per cent of the fellows out there have not passed the test.
Gary Player
#18. If Real Madrid land on Manchester airport, then the airport will be surely flooded just to see one player whom fans want most. Everyone knows the name, I don't need to tell it. He is the Prince and legend of Manchester,The King and legend of Real(Madrid). 'CRISTIANO RONALDO'
Gary Neville
#19. When you join this club as a young player you know you've got a mountain to climb to get yourself into the first team.
(on Manchester United)
Gary Neville
#20. An excellent player, but he [Ian Wright] does have a black side.
Gary Lineker
#21. The pressure gets worse the older you get. The hole starts to look the size of a Bayer aspirin.
Gary Player
#22. Golf asks something of a man. It makes one loathe mediocrity. It seems to say, If you are going to keep company with me, don't embarrass me.
Gary Player
#23. If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.
Gary Player
#24. This is a tragedy for the players. Their careers are short and this is money and opportunity they'll never get back.
Gary Bettman
#25. The player who expects a lesson to 'take' without subsequent practice just isn't being honest with himself or fair to his professional.
Gary Player
#26. But golf being an international game and everybody loving the game the way they do, if you want to spread the game of golf, it's good that you have great competition.
Gary Player
#27. Paul Scholes. The best! Great player, person, friend!
Gary Neville
#28. That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.
Gary Player
#30. Simply by making the effort to start something, you will be miles ahead of almost everyone else.
Gary Player
#31. A strong mind is one of the key components that separates the great from the good.
Gary Player
#32. I got so strong I felt like a giant ... When I stood on the tee with Arnold and Jack, I was tiny compared to them. But I never believed they were bigger than me. So the mind is so fascinating.
Gary Player
#33. A lot of people still disregard something like yoga. I would have as a young player. I would have been too busy playing golf or something.
Gary Speed
#34. Role-playing games are contests in which the players usually cooperate as a group to achieve a common goal rather than compete to eliminate one another from play ... Role games ... bring players together in a mutual effort ...
Gary Gygax
#35. I looked it at like this way. To get folks to like you, as a screen player I mean, I figured you had to sort of be their ideal. I don't mean a handsome knight riding a white horse, but a fella who answered the description of a right guy.
Gary Cooper
#36. I've studied golf for almost 50 years now and know a hell of a lot about nothing.
Gary Player
#37. The closer you can live to being a vegetarian the better.
Gary Player
#38. There is absolutely nothing humorous at the Masters. Here, small dogs do not bark and babies do not cry.
Gary Player
#39. If you're equally good as this Latin player, guess who's going to get sent home? I know a lot of players that are home now can outplay a lot of these guys.
Gary Sheffield
#40. You can always speak with great authority on how well you played today, but never on how you'll play tomorrow.
Gary Player
#41. Everyone wants to be known as a great striker of the ball for some reason. Nobody wants to be called a lucky, one-putting s.o.b.
Gary Player
#42. The media and marketing deluge has spawned a new type of Wall Street loser: the armchair momentum player. These are novice investors who engage in short-term stock buying and selling based on media reports or an expert's enthusiasm.
Gary Weiss
#43. The ideal build for a golfer would be strong hands, big forearms, thin neck, big thighs and a flat chest. He'd look like Popeye.
Gary Player
#44. We can't replace Gary Speed - where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head?
Bobby Robson
#45. When a rules man gives you a ruling, that's it. Amen.
Gary Player
#46. Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I've played the game for 40 years and I still haven't the slightest idea how to play.
Gary Player
#47. I always said that if they have a golf course like this in heaven, I want to be the head pro.
Gary Player
#48. The more I practise, the luckier I become
Gary Player
#49. In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.
Gary McCord
#50. I don't have any hesitation saying I've traveled more miles than any human being who ever lived. I've been doing it for 60 years.
Gary Player
#51. If you think your hands are more important in your golf swing than your legs, try walking a hole on your hands.
Gary Player
#52. I am tired of all these golfers who are happy with second place. The only one who will like you if you come in second place is your wife and your dog. And that is only if you have a good wife and a good dog.
Gary Player
#53. To succeed in life one must have determination and must be prepared to suffer during the process. If one isn't prepared to suffer during adversities, I don't really see how he can be successful.
Gary Player
#54. I've been the best player on every team that I played on, so if I can't be the poster child of your team, then what else is it? It's got to be a black-white issue. Every white player I know who's the best player on their team is the poster child of that team.
Gary Sheffield
#55. My brother Martin is two years younger than me. There has never been any competition between us - clearly he was the good-looking one; he was also very sporty, and I am not a football player.
Gary Kemp
#56. Paul Scholes is the best player I've ever played with. There's talent in every part of his game.
Gary Neville
#58. As we all know ... golf is a puzzle without an answer.
Gary Player
#59. We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.
Gary Player
#60. You must work very hard to become a natural golfer.
Gary Player
#61. I think that if people would be willing to grow some of their own food or eat locally grown organic foods on a regular basis we could significantly decrease the amount of harmful chemicals we pump into our soil every day.
Gary Player
#62. Enjoy the game. Happy golf is good golf.
Gary Player
#63. The harder I practiced, the luckier I got.
Gary Player
#64. I wish I could put a patent on that thing. That was so straight I had to lean over sideways to see the flag!
Gary Player
#66. The best, most successful managers in the modern era are those who can keep a player happy even if he is not in the team. Given the size of the squads and the use of rotation nowadays, that's tougher than it's ever been.
Gary Lineker
#67. I've traveled more than any human being who's ever lived.
Gary Player
#68. When you take off that sweater, your jersey, after today's game, you will be the last player in the NHL to ever wear 99. You have always been and you will always be 'The Great One,' and there will never be another.
Gary Bettman
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