George Deukmejian Quotes
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The good part is if I play a solid round of golf, it will be very hard for the others to beat me. And that's all I'm thinking about.
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I learnt tennis, swimming, basketball and several others, but the sport I loved the most was golf.
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For me, take Tiger Woods. I always thought he was great, but I never truly understood how good he was until I had the chance to go to Tiger Woods Golf Camp. He taught me how to swing and was hitting the ball, and this dude was unreal.
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Real golf is the 20 million people who play once a week or once a month.
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There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.
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I'm in semi-retirement, but what am I going to retire to? I don't ride horses, I don't golf anymore. I shoot a game of pool every now and then.
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I am a Yankees fan. I should say - have been to more Yankees games than Mets games.
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Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.
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My first calendar was a combination of photos taken from different shoots including golf and casual.
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Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.
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I prefer to do cable TV because it allows you the time to do other things. I definitely have an eye on doing more work in features and playing different characters, but I am also a big fan of going on vacation and playing golf and going to the beach.
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To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.
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I loved junior golf.
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I love to play golf and watch movies in Tamil and Telugu whenever I get time.
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It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger.
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Of course, Dwight D. Eisenhower gets credit for doing more for golf than any other White House resident, a mid- to high-handicapper though he was.
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I quickly discovered that trying to go play golf while living in Manhattan was about as easy as trying to grab a taxi while standing out in front of Saks Fifth Avenue in the freezing rain on the last shopping day before Christmas.
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The key to any good sports story is identifying the defining moment. In football games or a boxing match, it's usually pretty obvious. But in golf, sometimes it happens on Thursday. Usually it's Sunday, but guys who don't know the game, they can miss it.
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I don't feel anything when I watch Shaquille O'Neal play. I don't feel anything coming off him.
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As a doctor, I've learned the importance and value of listening.
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I'm more old school: I want to be like Keith Richards on stage. It's not interesting to see straight-from-runway clothes slapped on an artist. It's more interesting when you see people who have their own style.
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There's always this sense of incredulity that writers feel, because they're usually living flat and ordinary lives, because they have to.
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People can get into very bad habits of arguing ideas and shutting them down.
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The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.
