Arnold Palmer Quotes
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Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.
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Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.
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I grew up in poverty on the edge of a golf course. I saw how people lived on the other side of the tracks, the upper crust and the WASPs at the country club. We had chickens and pigs in our yards. We butchered every year. I'll never forget those things.
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The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.
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Look at the better players of my era - Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Raymond Floyd. They had pros they worked with from time to time, but out on Tour, thousands of miles from home, each of them learned to be his own best coach. I think Tiger can do the same.
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The winners at the Olympics step up, bursting with pride, because everything that they have worked for and all their dedication is rewarded in a climax that I, and most golfers, will never experience.
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The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.
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I fly my own airplane, and I have since 1960. I rarely fly anywhere other than my own airplane.
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Why hit a conservative shot? When you miss it, you are in just as much trouble as when you miss a bold one.
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I can't be casual about losing. I always think I have a chance to win until winning is absolutely impossible.
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I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.
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I've stated my position, and that is that we do not need a contraption to play the game of golf. I would hope that we'd play under one set of rules, and those rules would include a ban on the long putter hooked to the body in some way, shape or form.
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What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.
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I've stated my position, and that is we do not need a contraption to play the game of golf. I would hope that we'd play under one set of rules, and those rules would include a ban on the long putter hooked to the body in some way, shape or form.
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Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.
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Had I not become a professional golfer, I think I would have pursued some type of career in aviation.
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I think a firm grip helps you control the club and prevents it from turning in your hands. Another thing about feel is, if you make a change in your grip, it takes time for your brain to adapt.
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We can argue about major championships and whether Tiger will ever surpass Jack's 18 majors, but what can't be argued is this: Tiger Woods is the most dominant, most skilled player we've ever seen.
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I don't see myself as a full-time broadcaster. I've done some of it, and I enjoy it, but I don't think I should try to make a career out of it.
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Some players are wonderful hitters of the ball, but they can't figure out ways to get out of trouble. Eighty percent of the time, there is a way. You just have to know how to look for it.
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I have a tip that will take five strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.
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Winning isn't everything, but wanting it is.
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Great touch is often written off simply as 'talent,' which is crucial, because a good swing can take a golfer only so far. I've seen thousands of fantastic swings in my day, but that doesn't guarantee anything.
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You don't go to Palm Springs in the summer unless you're building a golf course.