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Critics who have said a safer shot here or there would undoubtedly have won me a few more tournaments are probably correct. Going for the green in two was who I was as a boy - and it's who I remain as a man.
Arnold Palmer -
I like my airplane. It's as much a part of me as anything but my wife and kids.
Arnold Palmer
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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 problem happens to be near-sightedness - inability to see distance. And this is pretty tough on a golfer.
Arnold Palmer -
As a kid growing up in Latrobe, PA, I could dream about being an Olympian like Jesse Owens or Johnny Weissmuller. I could also dream about being a great golfer like Bobby Jones or Byron Nelson. But the idea of being an Olympic golfer never occurred to me.
Arnold Palmer -
Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.
Arnold Palmer -
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.
Arnold Palmer -
Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.
Arnold Palmer
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The road to success is always under construction.
Arnold Palmer -
I was mixing iced tea and lemonade in my kitchen since as long as I can remember. It wasn't until some time in the early 1960s that it became associated with me publicly.
Arnold Palmer -
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.
Arnold Palmer -
I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
Arnold Palmer -
It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.
Arnold Palmer -
Every day I play golf, that's my goal. To break 70 the other way. To shoot 70 or better.
Arnold Palmer
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I'm not much for sitting around and thinking about the past or talking about the past. What does that accomplish? If I can give young people something to think about, like the future, that's a better use of my time.
Arnold Palmer -
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.
Arnold Palmer -
I am a sentimental guy, and occasionally, that lump in my throat when I speak has stopped my tongue from working.
Arnold Palmer -
I started flying because I had a fear of it early on. I figured if I learned to fly, I would understand better what was happening and started taking lessons in the late 1950's, once I had made some money on tour.
Arnold Palmer -
I try to deign golf courses that are individual in character and individual in their own standing.
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Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.
Arnold Palmer