Palmer Quotes

I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete.

I grew up watching Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer.

In 1947 I married Rowena Palmer, and we have two daughters, Alison and Claire, and a son, John.

There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid.

I use an Arnold Palmer putter that was probably built back in 1954.

Some teachers had been trained to work out at Southern because I carried two out there. I carried a lady down here from Palmer's Crossing, used to play piano, and Billy Carter.

My swing is no uglier than Arnold Palmer's, and it's the same ugly swing every time.

I first saw Arnold Palmer when I was just a kid and he came to Columbus to play in a tournament. I watched him on the driving range hit balls that day. We went on to become great friends.

Arnold Palmer has what I call an 'Eisenhower smile'. Those two men, they'd smile and their whole faces would look so pleasant; it was like they were smiling all over.

If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.