More Quotes by Ken Venturi
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.
I couldn't say my own name when I was 12.
My father was a man of few words.
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.
The only times you touch the ball with your hand are when you tee it up and when you pick it out of the cup. The hell with television towers and cables and burrowing animals and the thousand and one things that are referred to as 'not part of the golf course'. If you hit the ball off the fairway, you play it from there.
I had a terrible stammering problem when I was young, and as a result I spent a lot of time alone.
After you have the basics down it's all mental.
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.
All of us have an 'inner clock,' a certain pace at which we function most comfortably and effectively.
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.
