Ken Venturi Quotes

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.

There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.

Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.

My father taught me that the easiest thing to do was to quit. He'd say, 'It doesn't take any talent to do that.'

The greatest gift in life is to be remembered.

Sometimes you try to make it happen instead of just letting it happen.

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.

All of us have an 'inner clock,' a certain pace at which we function most comfortably and effectively.

All of my decisions I made when I was a kid were decisions, would my mother and father be proud of.

Art said he wanted to get more distance. I told him to hit it and run backward.

My father always said excuses are the crutches for the untalented.

You can't make good scores happen. You've got to let it happen.

When my father spoke, it was to say something meaningful.

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.

My father was a man of few words.

I began seeing my wife, Kathleen, while I was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.

I couldn't say my own name when I was 12.