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Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

Arnold Palmer

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Arnold Palmer
Age: 87 †
Born: 1929
Born: September 10
Died: 2016
Died: September 25
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Arnold Daniel Palmer
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I feel more strongly than ever about this. I would like the professional game freed of golf carts. Golf is a physical game. If we are playing competitive professional golf, we should walk. When I can't walk 18 holes, I'll pack it in.
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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 was born in 1929, that was the depression, so the golf course was manned by my father and two guys, they worked for my dad and they took me with them everywhere they went. And it was fun.
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Golf never ceases to be a challenge, even when it really is just you and the ball out there and nobody else.
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I stopped playing in the Masters in 2004, I stopped playing in the Par-3 [Contest], and now it's time to end this part of my Masters career. I would love to go on doing it forever, but I don't have the physical capability to hit the shot the way I would want to hit it. So I'll have to be content to watch.
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I think, first of all, I'm very proud of Sam Saunders in general. I am happy to see him playing well and his performance has been good. He is coming on as I hoped he would at this stage of his life.He is a fine young man as well as a fine golfer. He is doing things the right way.
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There's some good news, too, and the good news is that the players [finally] have become more aware of the fact that we [in golf] need sponsors, and we need the good will that is created by the players being, let's say, cooperative with the sponsors - meaning friendly.
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It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.
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Players need to remember they didn't make golf. Golf made them.
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The only really unplayable lie I can think of is when you're supposed to be playing golf and come home with lipstick on your collar.
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One thing I've learned over time is, if you hit a golf ball into water, it won't float.
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If you can see it, you can hit it and if you can hit it, you can hole it.
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I always said that if I have the perfect club then I should play the perfect game.
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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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As for 1994 [ U.S. Open], I didn't do very well, but it was a great occasion for me even though I was not playing the way I had hoped. And it was obviously a very emotional day that last day, but it was a great memory for me and I have had a lot of great memories at Oakmont over the years.
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Know how to win by following the rules
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The game has such a hold on golfers because they compete not only against an opponent, but also against the course, against par, and most surely- against themselves.
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Establish a system you have confidence in and rely on it when you get into tough situations.
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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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An athlete must have a certain cockiness to succeed and win, but an athlete must also care about the game he or she plays.
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