Top 38 Harvey Penick Quotes
#2. I see things written about the golf swing that I can't believe will work except by accident .
Harvey Penick
#3. In my opinion, no young player can develop his or her game to its highest potential if he or she rides around the course in a golf cart.
Harvey Penick
#4. You don't lose your swing between the ninth green and the tenth tee, and you don't lose your swing from one day to the next. If you think you do, something is going on that you don't understand. A diary might help explain it to you.
Harvey Penick
#5. A golfer rarely needs to hit a spectacular shot until the one that preceded it was pretty bad.
Harvey Penick
#6. Make a game out of practice, you're still a child at heart
Harvey Penick
#7. Even when we're apart, we'll be looking at the same sky!
L.J.Smith
#8. I learn teaching from teachers. I learn golf from golfers. I learn winning from coaches.
Harvey Penick
#9. I don't care how good you play, you can find somebody who can beat you, and I don't care how bad you play, you can find somebody you can beat.
Harvey Penick
#11. Just as I do, Bill was always telling pupils to relax their elbows, since the elbow is the most important joint we have in the movement of the golf swing. Bill and I were in total agreement that the attempt to keep a straight left arm means ruination for most golfers.
Harvey Penick
#12. I compare the pressure of a golf shot with making an extra point in basketball. The player starts from a full stop, and that rim doesn't move.
Harvey Penick
#13. No one can improve on nature's landscapes. I feel I've hit the mark when I've captured a balance between mood, look, and feel ... when viewers say they sense the desert heat, or the chill of a mountain snowfall.
Matt Smith
#14. There was a time - before I made movies - when I was more forgiving, but now that I've learned as much as I have, I want to do movies that I want to see, that have their own unique flavor.
Ryan Phillippe
#15. Let's not be too rough on our own ignorance, it's what makes America great.
Frank Zappa
#16. Go out and have fun. Golf is a game for everyone, not just for the talented few.
Harvey Penick
#17. No matter how poorly you play, there is always someone you can beat. No matter how well you play, there is always someone who can beat you.
Harvey Penick
#18. In golf your strengths and weaknesses will always be there. If you could improve your weaknesses, you would improve your game. The irony is that people prefer to practice their strengths.
Harvey Penick
#19. Life is full of many minor annoyances, and few matters of real consequence.
Harvey Penick
#20. Of course, English is a very powerful language, a colonizer's language and a gift to a writer. English has destroyed and sucked up the languages of other cultures - its cruelty is its vitality.
Louise Erdrich
#22. Islam deals not only with what man must and must not do, but also with what he needs to know. In other words, Islam is both a way of acting and doing things and a way of knowing.
Osman Bakar
#23. If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no sense of shame. If they are governed by virtue and rules of propriety are used to maintain order, they will have a sense of shame and will become good as well.
Confucius
#24. I loved Internet businesses, having built and sold one. And I loved the financial business, despite the fact that it was almost all a scam.
James Altucher
#26. Golf has probably kept more people sane than psychiatrists have.
Harvey Penick
#27. All seasoned players know, or at least have felt, that when you are playing your best, you are much the same as in a state of meditation. You are free of tension and chatter. You are concentrating on one thing. It is the ideal condition for good golf.
Harvey Penick
#28. Golf tips are like aspirin. One may do you good, but if you swallow the whole bottle you will be lucky to survive.
Harvey Penick
#29. If you play poorly one day, forget it.
If you play poorly the next time out, review your fundamentals of grip, stance, aim and ball position. Most mistakes are made before the club is swung.
If you play poorly for a third time in a row, go see your professional.
Harvey Penick
#30. I wondered if he'd appreciate my help: maybe if I attacked her with a pool chair and beat her into putty, she'd be distracted enough to leave him alone.
Jane Harvey-Berrick
#32. I am sorry, but it took me months of courting to get him. He is a prize to be won and mine to use as I see fit.
K.A. Merikan
#33. A good putter is a match for anyone. A bad putter is a match for no one.
Harvey Penick
#34. Lessons are not to take the place of practice, but to make practice worthwhile.
Harvey Penick
#35. Be yourself. Play within yourself. Play your own game.
Harvey Penick
#36. Looking up is the biggest alibi ever invented to explain a terrible shot. By the time you look up, you've already made the mistake.
Harvey Penick
#37. God gave us music, so we play with our words.
Talib Kweli
#38. A pretty girl will always have the toughest time learning to play golf, because every man wants to give her lessons.
Harvey Penick
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