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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.

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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Establish a system you have confidence in and rely on it when you get into tough situations.
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I remember ones I lost [shot]. I remember the ones I won, but I remember the ones I lost, something that I will never forget. Did it ruin me or hurt my career? It taught me about life, how to take the bad with the good.
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I played high school golf, I played amateur golf and I started getting officers. I was playing pretty good, won amateur tournaments as a junior, and the whole thing.
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I was playing golf in Palm Springs and after a round I asked the waitress in a restaurant to bring me a glass of iced tea and lemonade. A lady sitting nearby heard me and asked the waitress to bring her a Palmer, too. The name caught on and the beverage quickly spread around the country.
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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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I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
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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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Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.
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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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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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It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.
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I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
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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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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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Know how to win by following the rules
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The thing I probably love the most is driving out with the championship trophy under my arm.
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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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If you can concentrate on what you're doing and have the desire to do the things you have to do to win, you'll succeed.
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I still enjoy what I do. I haven't been playing much golf and none since I dislocated my shoulder, but I come to the office every day.
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I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.
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