Bob Toski quotes

“Golf is a non-violent game played violently from within.”
-- Bob Toski

Source : Bob Toski, Jerry Tarde (1981). “Golf for a Lifetime!”

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“The average player would rather play than watch. Those who don't play can't possibly appreciate the subtleties of the game. Trying to get their attention with golf is like selling Shakespeare in the neighbourhood saloon.”
-- Bob Toski

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“When I joined the Tour I studied the best players to see what they did that I didn't do. I came to the conclusion that the successful players had the Three Cs: Confidence, Composure, Concentration.”
-- Bob Toski

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“I didn't realize at the moment exactly what I had done...I only realized the enormity of it when I walked into the press room and got a long standing ovation.It wasn't until I came out of my daze that I began to appreciate my accomplishment.”

“The thing you realize as you get older and you play, that you don't really understand when you're a backup the first few offseasons, how important that mental rest is. It's a grind physically during the season, dealing with the hits and the physical pain that goes with playing in this game. But mentally it's probably more taxing, so you need that ability to find that escape.”

Source : Source: www.usatoday.com

“Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.”

“This is my last Commonwealth Games. Five CWG and nine medals, it is enough for me.”

“The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was caught for some reason, I should move.”

Source : "To Save a Life: Stories of Holocaust Rescue" edited by Ellen Land-Weber, Part I, Holland, Ch. 1, (p. 48), 2000.

“I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock 'n' roll spirit, swagger to the game.”

“I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were.”

“A non-violent world has roots in a non-violent diet.”

Source : "Casey Kasem, voice of Shaggy in Scooby Doo, dies on Father's Day at 82" by Dominic Rushe, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2014.

“The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God.”

“My stand-up act? I combine the fact that the world is a violent place with the fact that each person is responsible for the situation they are in.”

Source : "Interview: Colin Quinn picture". www.askmen.com.