A Quote by Arnold Palmer

Timing is everything in life and in golf. — © Arnold Palmer
Timing is everything in life and in golf.
There is timing in everything. Timing in strategy cannot be mastered without a great deal of practice.
There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.
Timing in life is everything.
I think, in comedy, timing is everything. You and I could tell the same joke, but if one of our timing is off, it won't be as funny. You've gotta know when to deliver your punch-lines.
I know when I've been playing a lot of golf it takes me a while to get back into cricket again. It's not so much the different shape of the swings, more the fact that you are stationary when you hit a golf ball. In cricket you have to move forward or back, which is an instinctive timing thing.
As in life, so with television: timing is everything.
In politics and life, timing is everything.
You have to realize in this life and in your life that timing is everything.
I'd say that, to be a good deal maker, you have to have three basic characteristics - timing, timing, and timing.
Timing's mighty important. In cooking, in life, in love. If the timing goes wrong, you've got to start over. Do it right.
I'd say that, to be a good deal maker, you have to have 3 basic characteristics - timing, timing, and timing.
The bigger point here is that golf is a good metaphor for one's life. The challenge of golf for me is trying to learn new rules. It's something you always have to work at; you don't get perfect at golf. It's the never-ending quest for betterment.
At home in Devon, my wife Jessica does a huge proportion of the cooking - I do the basics. My timing is extremely good, particularly when it comes to vegetables, perhaps because in my work, timing is everything. I know exactly what fits into a minute when broadcasting, and I apply the same to carrots.
I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't think you can teach timing. It's something you hear in your head.
Life for me has always been about timing, and it was bad timing for that disease to hit me; it was time to exit stage.
I feel like I've improved at everything I've done every single year - except golf. Golf, I've managed to stay exactly the same.
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