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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.

Arnold Palmer

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Arnold Palmer
Age: 87 †
Born: 1929
Born: September 10
Died: 2016
Died: September 25
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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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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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If you're stupid enough to whiff, you should be smart enough to forget it.
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Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.
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I remember what a thrill it was to attend my first Champions Dinner. Just being in the same room with some of the guys I had admired growing up and to be there because I had won The Masters was quite an honor. I still attend the dinner every year and it is one of the highlights of my time at Augusta during Masters week.
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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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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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Establish a system you have confidence in and rely on it when you get into tough situations.
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Trouble is bad to get into but fun to get out of. If you're in trouble, eighty percent of the time there's a way out. If you can see the ball, you can probably hit it and if you can hit it, you can move it and if you can move it, you might be able to knock it in the hole. At least it's fun to try.
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Swing your swing. I know, I did.
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Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.
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I was national amateur champion. I was 24 years old. My father was there, and I couldn't wait to see him, and my mother. I went up and was waiting for all the accolades, and my mom was teary and happy and my dad looked at me and said, Well, boy, you did good, and that was it.
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When you play by the rules, defy mental demons, overcome every challenge, and enjoy a walk in the country at the same time - that's being alive.
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When I was in college, I thought about becoming an attorney. But I wasn't smart enough I hate being cooped up indoors and I'm too nice a guy.
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I was playing cowboys and Indians in the trees, and then I started hitting the golf club with clubs father sawed off for me, and I began playing right here with my father.
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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 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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If you can see it, you can hit it and if you can hit it, you can hole it.
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I received many years of good advice from my father - how to live, how to play, how to be a gentleman.
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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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