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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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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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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 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 am against making golf courses obsolete, going to the national Open and playing half the holes with a one-iron.
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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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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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It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.
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Your worst putt will usually be as good as your best chip.
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I like the Miami because I could play golf all winter.
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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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Hit it hard, go find it and hit it hard again.
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If you're stupid enough to whiff, you should be smart enough to forget it.
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I was born in 1929, that was the depression, so the golf course was manned by my father and two guys, they worked for my dad and they took me with them everywhere they went. And it was fun.
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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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Know how to win by following the rules
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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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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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My grandson Sam Saunders has been playing golf since he could hold a club and I spent a lot of time with him over the years. Like my father taught me, I showed him the fundamentals of the game and helped him make adjustments as he and his game matured over the years.
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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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The game has such a hold on golfers because they compete not only against an opponent, but also against the course, against par, and most surely- against themselves.
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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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