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Top 5 Seve Ballesteros quotes

Here at AIR, we love Seve. He inspired us on and off the course. He was a gentleman, a man of great passion and a fierce competitor... and well just Seve...

Here are 5 Quotes that aplified his unique and charaismatic sense of humor as well as his passion for the game:

 

1. I look into eyes, shake their hand, pat their back, and wish them luck, but I am thinking, I am going to bury you.

 

2. I'd like to see the fairways more narrow. Then everybody would have to play from the rough, not just me.

 

3. A detailed analysis of his four-putt at the 1986 Masters: I miss the putt. I miss the putt. I miss the putt. I make.

 

4. I always putted without a glove but I have no idea why - I saw others doing it and copied them.

 

5. They say I get into too many bunkers. But is no problem. I am the best bunker player.

 

And one more for the road:

'For everything in life there is always a beginning and an end. This is the tough part the most difficult thing when you see that it’s coming: The end.'

 

Cheers Seve!

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