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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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Winning is a drive, it's a thing that you feel like when I go to bed at night I go to sleep.
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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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I have won the Australian, I won the British, all PGA championships, but I haven't won the PGA championship.
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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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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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One thing I've learned over time is, if you hit a golf ball into water, it won't float.
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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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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 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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When I was playing in a junior tournament one time, I missed a short putt and threw my putter into the trees. I went on to win the tournament and later, instead of my dad congratulating me, he told me that if I ever threw a club again, I'd never play in another golf tournament. I haven't thrown a club since.
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I've always been a big thinker that the more international competition that we create through sports the better relationships we'll have with countries.
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I didn't get playing professional golf until I was 25 years old. And I always said that if I could make it work, I would play as long as I could walk.
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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 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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What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do.
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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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If you're stupid enough to whiff, you should be smart enough to forget it.
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Your worst putt will usually be as good as your best chip.
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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 would like to have won more golf tournaments. But I wouldn't sacrifice my life. I've enjoyed it. I'd love to do it again the same way.
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