Gary Player Quotes

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• The more I work and practice, the luckier I seem to get.

  Gary Player

  Education, Math, Practice

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• Simply by making the effort to start something, you will be miles ahead of almost everyone else.

  Gary Player

  Effort, Miles

  Gary Player (2001). “The Golfer's Guide to the Meaning of Life: Lessons I've Learned from My Life on the Links”, Rodale Books

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• A strong mind is one of the key components that separates the great from the good.

  Gary Player

  Strong, Golf, Keys

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• It's a marriage. If I had to choose between my wife and my putter, well, I'd miss her.

  Gary Player

  Golf, Wife, Missing

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• To succeed in life one must have determination and must be prepared to suffer during the process. If one isn't prepared to suffer during adversities, I don't really see how he can be successful.

  Gary Player

  Determination, Adversity, Successful

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• We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.

  Gary Player

  Winning, Reality, Courses

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• The harder you work, the luckier you get.

  Gary Player

  Inspirational, Motivational, Work

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• Enjoy the game. Happy golf is good golf.

  Gary Player

  Golf, Games, Enjoy

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• I am tired of all these golfers who are happy with second place. The only one who will like you if you come in second place is your wife and your dog. And that is only if you have a good wife and a good dog.

  Gary Player

  Dog, Tired, Golf

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• Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I've played the game for 40 years and I still haven't the slightest idea how to play.

  Gary Player

  Golf, Years, Games

  "The Gigantic Book of Golf Quotations". Book edited by Jim Apfelbaum, 2007.

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• If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.

  Gary Player

  Golf, Heaven, Want

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• The player who expects a lesson to 'take' without subsequent practice just isn't being honest with himself or fair to his professional.

  Gary Player

  Player, Practice, Lessons

  Gary Player (1962). “Golf Secrets”

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• If you think your hands are more important in your golf swing than your legs, try walking a hole on your hands.

  Gary Player

  Golf, Thinking, Swings

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• I got so strong I felt like a giant.....When I stood on the tee with Arnold and Jack, I was tiny compared to them. But I never believed they were bigger than me. So the mind is so fascinating.

  Gary Player

  Strong, Golf, Mind

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• You must work very hard to become a natural golfer.

  Gary Player

  Golf, Natural, Hard

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• If you are going to keep company with me, don't embarrass me.

  Gary Player

  Company, Ifs

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• First, educate yourself about what a vegan diet entails and why it is beneficial to your health. You need to understand and embrace the philosophy or you will not be able to make such a drastic dietary change. Secondly, make the change over time. Don't try and "go cold turkey"; you will shock your system and you will develop cravings that you may not be able to fight off. If you take your time and let your body adjust you will be eating a completely different diet before you realize it.

  Gary Player

  Philosophy, Fighting, Turkeys

  Source: blog.vegansa.com

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• I try to work with God as a partner.

  Gary Player

  Golf, Trying, Partners

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• Golf asks something of a man. It makes one loathe mediocrity. It seems to say, "If you are going to keep company with me, don't embarrass me.

  Gary Player

  Golf, Men, Mediocrity

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• That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.

  Gary Player

  Adversity, Loss, Discipline

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• The ideal build for a golfer would be strong hands, big forearms, thin neck, big thighs and a flat chest. He'd look like Popeye.

  Gary Player

  Strong, Golf, Hands

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• There is absolutely nothing humorous at the Masters. Here, small dogs do not bark and babies do not cry.

  Gary Player

  Dog, Baby, Humorous

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• Wind is part of the British Open. It is an examination and it took me a long time to pass the examination. Eighty per cent of the fellows out there have not passed the test.

  Gary Player

  Wind, Long, Examination

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• I rarely eat red meat and only occasionally eat fish. Plant based foods are my main source of nutrition along with nuts, fruits, brown breads and grains.

  Gary Player

  Nuts, Red, Bread

  Source: blog.vegansa.com

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• When travelling, I make a point of eating a proper diet no matter where I am in the world. It is getting much easier to eat a vegetarian or vegan based diet.

  Gary Player

  World, Matter, Vegetarian

  Source: blog.vegansa.com

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