Arnold Palmer Quotes
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I can remember back to my early tour days when some fellows didn't think I'd last too long. Nothing physical - they said it was my swing. Some said it was too much of a 'muscle swing' to stand the test of time. One fellow predicted I wouldn't get past 30 out there.
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Everyone I built a course for thinks they have the best golf course in the world and I'm very pleased and proud of that.
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I don't think that golf has a place for two sets of rules. I think one of the reasons that the game has progressed in the way that it has over the years is the fact that the amateurs and the pros all play the same game, and they play under the same set of rules.
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My grandson Sam Saunders has been playing golf since he could hold a club and I spent a lot of time with him over the years. Like my father taught me, I showed him the fundamentals of the game and helped him make adjustments as he and his game matured over the years.
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I probably have a club in my hands 360 days a year, one way or another, playing with friends or just fiddling around or hitting balls.
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I think I've heard somebody say that I was a well-dressed golfer. I guess that has something to do with the fact that a lot of people who play golf don't dress very well.
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I like my airplane. It's as much a part of me as anything but my wife and kids.
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Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.
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Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.
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My problem happens to be near-sightedness - inability to see distance. And this is pretty tough on a golfer.
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Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.
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It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware of where he is and what he's doing, but his mind is on the playing of the instrument with an internal sense of rightness.
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Feel is the most perplexing part of golf, and probably the most important.
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I try to deign golf courses that are individual in character and individual in their own standing.
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I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
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I'm sorry that I haven't won the PGA Championship. That would be something that would have pleased me very much. I suppose when I look back, I have a lot of reasons and excuses for not having won the PGA.
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I am a sentimental guy, and occasionally, that lump in my throat when I speak has stopped my tongue from working.
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Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.
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Every day I play golf, that's my goal. To break 70 the other way. To shoot 70 or better.
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It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.