Quotes of: Amateur Keyword

When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.

Will Rogers

Most nervous I've ever been is probably the 2007 Walker Cup. I was a little boy playing with these 8 or 9 other guys that were the best amateurs in the country.

Rickie Fowler

I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.

Tom Seaver

I've never played the Olympic Club. I have played Lytham, but only some amateur events. I haven't played Kiawah.

Luke Donald

Growing up doesn't mean that you are older than someone, it means that you are no longer an amateur.

Michael Bassey Johnson

When I was a kid at four years old, that's when I started amateur wrestling with my dad and family. And when that's instilled in you, it never goes away.

Dwayne Johnson

There are so many great 19th-century photographers, and it's really my favorite period, but the amateurs did such beautiful work.

Patti Smith

I had - along with my singing and dancing, I was very happy to be born in the hometown of Dylan Thomas. So the government was financing dramatic groups and amateur dramatics and stuff like that.

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Amateurs look for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work.

Chuck Close

My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term 'magnitude', which is used for the brightness of a star.

Charles Francis Richter

Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles.

Dan Jenkins

I began playing in the senior circuit when I was 15 and won the world senior amateur title the same year.

Jahangir Khan

I used to spend a lot of time at football training, but that time was later spent in amateur acting classes and my local youth theatre, in plays at school and after-school clubs. That filled the void.

Sam Claflin

Top Dollar: Greed is for amateurs. Disorder, chaos, anarchy: now that's fun!

The Crow

More than any other major sport, professional or amateur, college football games are decided by the physical incompetence and downright chokery of their players.

Stephen Rodrick

I set myself challenges every time I work. Ideally, I approach everything as though it's the first time - with a beginner's mind and an amateur's love.

Willem Dafoe

I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.

Patti Smith

Two weeks ago at the U.S. Amateur, my mom caddied, and that is kind of a different feeling, because she's your mom and you have to listen to her. It was really comfortable having my mom there, but it's also really relieving and comfortable to have so...

Lydia Ko

So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.

Bill Bruford

I do like books on anatomy. I have to say I'm an amateur physician, I guess.

Tom Waits

I think it is silly to be amateur about anything when one has an opportunity of learning.

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