Babe Zaharias Quotes & Sayings

I played many sports, but when that golf bug hit me, it was permanent. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

The biggest weakness with my game is that I have fun with the galleries. I just love a gallery. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Winning has always meant much to me, but winning friends has meant the most. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

That little white ball won't move until you hit it, and there's nothing you can do after it has gone. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

The mediocre golfer generally is one who is too lazy to play better. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

My philosophy? Practice, practice, practice and win. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

They say golf came easy to me because I was a good athlete, but there's not any girl on the LPGA Tour who worked near as hard as I did in golf. It's the toughest game I ever tackled. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

You can't win them all but you can try. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

I can beat any two players in this tournament by myself. If I need any help, I'll let you know. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Good golf is easier to play-and far more pleasant-than bad golf. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more concentration. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

I came out to beat everybody in sight, and that's just what I'm going to do. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

The Babe is here. Who's coming in second? — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

If you win through bad sportsmanship that's no real victory. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

It's even harder to stay at the top in sports than it is to get there. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

The more you practice, the better. But in any case, practice more than you play. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

I don't seem able to do my best unless I'm behind or in trouble. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Golf is a game of coordination, rhythm, and grace; women have these to a high degree. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

I don't see any point in playing the game if you don't win, do you? — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

I couldn't hit an elephant's ass with a bull fiddle. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

I just hitch up my girdle and let 'er fly. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

When Babe Didrickson Zaharias, often called the 'athletic phenomenon of all time,' won the British woman's gold tournament, people said of her what they had said many times before: "Oh, she's an automatic champion, a natural athlete." When Babe started golfing in earnest thirteen years ago she hit as many as 1,000 balls in one afternoon, playing until her hands were so sore they had to be taped. — James Keller

Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

There are no shortcuts to good golf. The better players realize this. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

There are times when a golfer is tempted to throw her clubs away and forget the whole 'humblin' business.' At other times, she wouldn't trade places with a queen-that's when the shots are long and true, and putts are dropping. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

I expect to play golf until I am 90-even longer if anybody figures out a way to swing a club from a rocking chair. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

All of my life I have always had the urge to do things better than anybody else. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Loosen your girdle and let er fly! — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Study the rules so that you won't beat yourself by not knowing something. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

As your golf improves, your concentration will improve with it. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias