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I think, first of all, I'm very proud of Sam Saunders in general. I am happy to see him playing well and his performance has been good. He is coming on as I hoped he would at this stage of his life.He is a fine young man as well as a fine golfer. He is doing things the right way.

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'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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We just became very good friends [with Dwight Eisenhower], we played golf, we played heart exhibitions. Then his doctor said he should not play golf anymore.
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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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Here is a philosophy of boldness to take advantage of every tiny opening toward victory.
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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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Players need to remember they didn't make golf. Golf made them.
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It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.
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A lot of tournaments that I can remember I made a few bad shots and I was afraid I would lose the tournament and it seemed to work, the putts seemed to go in. Just the Desire.
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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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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 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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I feel more strongly than ever about this. I would like the professional game freed of golf carts. Golf is a physical game. If we are playing competitive professional golf, we should walk. When I can't walk 18 holes, I'll pack it in.
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If you're stupid enough to whiff, you should be smart enough to forget it.
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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 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 received many years of good advice from my father - how to live, how to play, how to be a gentleman.
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