Ken Venturi Quotes

#1. It wasn't even a bar. It was just a room where people drank while they waited for other people with whom they had business. The business usually involved the transfer of ownership of something from one person to another, but then, what business doesn't?

Terry Pratchett

#2. You can't make good scores happen. You've got to let it happen.

Ken Venturi

#3. The greatest gift in life is to be remembered.

Ken Venturi

#4. You tell soldiers what they need to hear to go to war. Bitches need a mission, not a goal.

Christopher Moore

#5. Many years ago, I started a foundation [Wayuu Taya Foundation] to help improve the life of Latin American indigenous people, providing them with food, medical attention, education, and also focusing on sustainability.

Patricia Velasquez

#6. All of us have an 'inner clock,' a certain pace at which we function most comfortably and effectively.

Ken Venturi

#7. Say the word Pepsi in this town, you best watch your back on the way out.

Alessandra Torre

#8. I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

Ken Venturi

#9. The worst men have the best jobs the best men have the worst jobs or are unemployed or locked in madhouses.

Charles Bukowski

#10. There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.

Ken Venturi

#11. People thought I was cocky because I didn't talk much. When I first turned pro, reporters asked me who was going to win. I'd say, 'I am' because it was the easier than giving some long, drawn-out answer.

Ken Venturi

#12. Retirement isn't so bad. Give me a tall drink, a plush sofa and a rerun of 'Matlock,' and you can have the rest. Matlock is my hero. He never loses.

Ken Venturi

#13. Dear Nancy,
I love your book The Crystal Navigator. You paint beautiful imagery throughout the pages of the story, and I loved learning about art through the adventures of Lucy. I'm honored to be one of the first readers of your wonderful story,
Sincerely,
Sylvie" (11 years old)

Sylvie

#14. After you have the basics down it's all mental.

Ken Venturi

#15. Sometimes you try to make it happen instead of just letting it happen.

Ken Venturi

#16. All of my decisions I made when I was a kid were decisions, would my mother and father be proud of.

Ken Venturi

#17. I had a terrible stammering problem when I was young, and as a result I spent a lot of time alone.

Ken Venturi

#18. Even if you break with me and crush my heart, I'm never getting back together with Dawn. I know that the world isn't flat now, I'm not going back.

Rainbow Rowell

#19. Art said he wanted to get more distance. I told him to hit it and run backward.

Ken Venturi

#20. I began seeing my wife, Kathleen, while I was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.

Ken Venturi

#21. My father was a man of few words.

Ken Venturi

#22. The hardest thing in golf is trying to two-putt when you have to, because your brain isn't wired that way. You're accustomed to trying to make putts, and when you change that mind-set, your brain short-circuits, especially under pressure.

Ken Venturi

#23. In this town, a successful marriage is one that lasts longer than ice.

Lois Greiman

#24. When my father spoke, it was to say something meaningful.

Ken Venturi

#25. Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.

Ken Venturi

#26. Happy birthday, he sighed, and leaned down to touch his lips to mine.
I reached up on my toes to make the kiss last longer when he pulled away. He smiled my favorite crooked smile, and then he disappeared into the darkness.

Stephenie Meyer

#27. My father taught me that the easiest thing to do was to quit. He'd say, 'It doesn't take any talent to do that.'

Ken Venturi

#28. I couldn't say my own name when I was 12.

Ken Venturi

#29. Honestly, not being well received makes me feel very vulnerable. Not being included or regarded highly enough makes me crazy.

Xosha Roquemore

#30. My father always said excuses are the crutches for the untalented.

Ken Venturi

#31. Reading a good book keeps me awake all night.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#32. Two arguing geeks were stoppable. Three arguing geeks created an infinite argument vortex of doom that sucked time down like a black hole.

Delphine Dryden

#33. I am strongly pro-life, and have fought to protect the rights of the unborn my entire career. I will continue to fight for this cause because I value the sanctity of all human life.

Rob Bishop