• The more I practice, the luckier I get. - Gary Player, PGA Tour Champion.
• If you don't play by the rules, you're not playing golf. Arnold Palmer, PGA Tour Champion.
• One more day you don't practice is one more day it will take you to get better. - Sam Snead, PGA Tour Champion.
• For a smooth takeaway and downswing, stay with the food groups (haaaaaaaaaaaam burrrrrrrrrrrrger or frennnnnnnnch friiiiiiiiiiiiiies) - Peter Jacobsen, PGA Tour Winner 
• On the Driver takeaway, take it back slow and low to get the dough! - Uncle Vince (Hdcp. 0)
• Golf is not a game of perfect. And since your not perfect either, just do the best you can that day. Be your own best caddie and friend out there. If you find yourself in the rough again - who doesn't, get over it fast and move on. Complement yourself and celebrate good shots to make a memory for recall later when you might need something good to think about. - Dr. Bob Rotella  - get the book!
• How many Par 3's are there in a normal round? Answer: 18, so relax!
• Drive for show, Putt for dough. - Lavonne 
• Forget the analysis, get behind the ball, visualize the ball flight and landing, then walk up and hit it!  - Dick - Champions Tour Contender
• Golf in it's proper perspective (see below) - JPL & Tex 

The following is forwarded not to offend tennis, basketball, football or soccer fans.  It is, rather, an attempt to put everything in its proper perspective.

Ever wonder why golf is growing in popularity and why people who don't even play go to tournaments or watch it on TV?  These truisms may shed light:

Golf is an honorable game, with the overwhelming majority of players being honorable people who don't need referees.

Golfers don't have some of their players in jail every week.

Golfers don't scratch their privates on the golf course.

Golfers don't kick dirt on, or throw bottles at, other people.

Professional golfers are compensated in direct proportion to how well they play.

Golfers don't get per diem and two seats on a charter flight when they travel between tournaments.

Golfers don't hold out for more money, or demand new contracts, because of another player's deal.

Professional golfers don't demand that the taxpayers pay for the courses on which they play.

When golfers make a mistake, nobody is there to cover for them or back them up.

The PGA Tour raises more money for charity in one year than the National Football League does in two.

You can watch the best golfers in the world up close, at any tournament, including the majors, all day, every day for $25 or $30. The cost for a seat in the nosebleed section at the Super Bowl will cost around $300 or more.

You can bring a picnic lunch to the tournament golf course, watch the best in the world and not spend a small fortune on food and drink. Try that at one of the taxpayer funded baseball or football stadiums.  If you bring a soft drink into a ballpark, they'll give you two options -- get rid of it or leave. 

In golf you cannot fail 70% of the time and make $9 million a season, like the best baseball hitters (.300 batting average) do.

Golf doesn't change its rules to attract fans.

Golfers have to adapt to an entirely new playing area each week.

Golfers keep their clothes on while they are being interviewed.

Golf doesn't have free agency.

In their prime, Greg Norman, Arnold Palmer and other stars, would shake your hand and say they were happy to meet you. In his prime Jose Canseco wore T-shirts that read "Leave Me Alone."

You can hear birds chirping on the golf course during a tournament.
Ladies are welcome players.

At a golf tournament, (unlike at taxpayer-funded sports stadiums and arenas) you won't hear a steady stream of four letter words and nasty name calling while you're hoping that no one spills beer on you.

Tiger Woods can hit a golf ball three times as far as Barry Bonds can hit a baseball.

Golf courses don't ruin the neighborhood.

Finally, here's a slice of golf history  you might enjoy.

Why do full-length golf courses have 18 holes, and not 20, or 10 or an even dozen? During a discussion among the club's membership board at St. Andrews in 1858, one of the members pointed out that it takes exactly 18 shots to polish off a fifth of Scotch.  By limiting himself to only one shot of Scotch per hole, the Scot figured a round of golf was finished when the Scotch ran out.  Now you know.