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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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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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I'm particularly proud of anything the House and the Senate agree on.
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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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Hit it hard, go find it and hit it hard again.
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Players need to remember they didn't make golf. Golf made them.
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I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
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All the things that I have derived either directly or indirectly through the game of golf are things I owe a great deal to the game and to the people who support the game.
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I would like to say, however, that a man might be walking around lucky and not know it unless he tries.
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Know how to win by following the rules
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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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The thing I probably love the most is driving out with the championship trophy under my arm.
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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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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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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 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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Establish a system you have confidence in and rely on it when you get into tough situations.
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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 can't afford the luxury of music while I'm flying an airplane. I have to pay attention to what I'm doing.
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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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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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