Arnold Palmer Quotes
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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.
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I find myself getting associated with a lot of younger people in the game. I still enjoy playing with them, and I think they still enjoy playing with me. As long as I can stay competitive and have fun doing what I'm doing, I guess I'll keep doing it.
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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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Golf would be my ticket somewhere, I told myself. I just couldn't say where it would lead me.
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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 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 like my airplane. It's as much a part of me as anything but my wife and kids.
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Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.
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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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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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Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.
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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 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 comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.
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Feel is the most perplexing part of golf, and probably the most important.
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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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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.