Inspirational Quotes by Arnold Palmer (American Sportsperson)

Inspirational Quotations by Arnold Palmer (American Sportsperson)

Arnold Daniel Palmer (b.1929) is a retired American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in professional golf history. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955. Nicknamed “The King”, he is one of golf’s most popular stars and its most important trailblazer, because he was the first superstar of the sport’s television age, which began in the 1950s.

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Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.
—Arnold Palmer
Topics: Effort, Performance

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.
—Arnold Palmer

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.
—Arnold Palmer

You must play boldly to win.
—Arnold Palmer
Topics: Golf

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.
—Arnold Palmer
Topics: Golf

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.
—Arnold Palmer
Topics: Golf, Effort

It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He’s aware of where he is and what he’s doing, but his mind is on the playing of his instrument with an internal sense of rightness—it is not merely mechanical, it is not only spiritual; it is something of both, on a different plane and a more remote one.
—Arnold Palmer
Topics: Possibilities, Potential, Talents, Work, Abilities

I’ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn’t have a chance to win.
—Arnold Palmer
Topics: Chance, Perseverance, Effort, Golf, Belief

It’s a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.
—Arnold Palmer
Topics: One liners, Golf

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.
—Arnold Palmer
Topics: Golf

You know you’re getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.
—Arnold Palmer
Topics: Aging, Age