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Know how to win by following the rules

Arnold Palmer

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Arnold Palmer
Age: 87 †
Born: 1929
Born: September 10
Died: 2016
Died: September 25
Aircraft Pilot
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Professional Golfer
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Arnold Daniel Palmer
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I look back, it taught me something - it taught me how to live, how to be a better guy, not let defeat be the end of my life.
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When you get into competition and get under pressure, and get over that ball and are looking at it, and know you have to hit it, it is having that system to depend on to get that ball to where you want it to be.
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Here is a philosophy of boldness to take advantage of every tiny opening toward victory.
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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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Even before you step up to the ball, have a full battle plan for the hole worked out.
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I suppose I could think of a lot of things to say about the fact that I still play. But I don't really need to. I can tell you this, that I enjoy it. I still enjoy it. I like to get out in the air and I like to walk and I like to do the things that are involved in playing golf.
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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?
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I think today's athletes generally are spoiled by what's happened to salaries, but I also think that golfers have maintained the best demeanor of any sport.
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A lot of tournaments that I can remember I made a few bad shots and I was afraid I would lose the tournament and it seemed to work, the putts seemed to go in. Just the Desire.
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I would not have been able to accomplish a lot of what I did professionally had I not learned to fly myself and owned an airplane. For example, I was able to fly to an exhibition for the day and be back home in time for dinner. I never would have been able to do that flying commercially.
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Putting is a fascinating, aggravating, wonderful, terrible and almost incomprehensible part of the game of golf.
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I would never felt good if I hadn't experienced losing, because losing is part of your life. And it something that if I could teach people to understand that I think it could help them a lot.
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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 always said that if I have the perfect club then I should play the perfect game.
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There's no question that the galleries still like to see birdies and eagles. If you take them all away, it takes some of the dramatics, the excitement of a golf tournament and we [people] don't want to do that.
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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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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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Sam Snead will fly anywhere in my plane with me. Sam's not as worried about the danger as he is about saving money.
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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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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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