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What did I want with prestige? The British Open paid the winner $600 in American money. A man would have to be two hundred years old at that rate to retire from golf.

Sam Snead

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Sam Snead
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 27
Died: 2002
Died: May 23
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First and fore-most, you must have confidence. Your second mental problem is concentration. Think the shot through in advance before you address the ball. Draw a mental image of where you want it to go and then eliminate everything else from your mind, except how you are going to get the ball into that preferred spot.
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I've said a thousand times, you can't go into a shop and buy a good golf game.
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If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.
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When I swing at a golf ball right, my mind is blank and my body is loose as a goose.
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Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.
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Over the years I've studied the habits of golfers. I know what to look for. Watch their eyes. Fear shows up when there is an enlargement of the pupils. Big pupils lead to big scores.
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Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.
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The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning...and Ben Hogan.
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Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.
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I believe in destiny...what's going to be is going to be. If I'm going to win, I'm going to win...I don't give a damn what the other guy shoots. I'm going to win if it's my turn.
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