18 Arnold Palmer Quotes To Celebrate The Birthday of a Golf Genius

Arnold Palmer is one of the most famous golfers in history, but these 18 Arnold Palmer quotes show us that golf isn't the only thing this great man has on his mind. There are quite a few life lessons to be learned in the words of this wise man. Here are 18 prime examples.

1. "Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you."

2. "The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done."

3. "What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do."

4. "Winning isn't everything, but wanting it is."

5. "I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win."

6. "It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily."

7. "What other people may find in poetry, I find in the flight of a good drive."

8. "You must play boldly to win."

9. "Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger."

10. "I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone's golf game: it's called an eraser."

11. "From the beginning it was drilled into me that a golf course was a place where character fully reveals itself -- both its strengths and its flaws. As a result, I learned early not only to fix my ball marks but also to congratulate an opponent on a good shot, avoid walking ahead of a player preparing to shoot, remain perfectly still when someone else was playing, and a score of other small courtesies that revealed, in my father's mind, one's abiding respect for the game."

12. "Golf is deceptively simple, endlessly complicated. A child can play it well and a grown man can never master it. It is almost a science, yet it is a puzzle with no answer."

13. "Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience."

14. "It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get"

15. "Bob Jones, my first golf hero, once commented that he never learned anything from a golf tournament he won."

16. "I've learned the great value of diplomacy and seeking an honorable peace. But part of that wisdom is knowing when to fight and another part is knowing when to fight even harder."

17. "Timing is everything in life and in golf."

18. "Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character."

Arnold Palmer definitely had the right mindset for success. It's not hard to see why he seemed to excel at everything he did. Let these 18 Arnold Palmer quotes remind us that while talent may be a critical component of achieving success, attitude weighs just as heavily.