Mike Weir Quotes

• A lot of my buddies also played golf, but when it came to going to the beach or on the boat and chasing girls, they usually went that way and I went to the golf course.

  Mike Weir

  Girl, Sports, Beach

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• The course is going to make you look silly sometimes. You have to be able to accept that and move on.

  Mike Weir

  Sports, Silly, Moving

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• The beauty of golf, you're in charge out here.

  Mike Weir

  Beauty, Golf, Golf Clubs

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• Anything over-handed, I do left-handed. Like throwing a ball or serving in tennis. Otherwise, right-handed, like writing and shaving.

  Mike Weir

  Writing, Tennis, Balls

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• You just don't have the time to worry about what others are doing. You just want to take care of your own business. You are focused on that tee shot on the 10th tee and making it to the finish line. It's one of the most stressful moments in professional golf, but you have worked so hard to get to that point, that it really is fun.

  Mike Weir

  Fun, Golf, Worry

  Sky Sports Interview, www.skysports.com. July 3, 2011.

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• If I can raise more money for charities, or get more Canadian kids to play golf, the green jacket will mean even more.

  Mike Weir

  Sports, Money, Mean

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• The Masters is one of golf's greatest traditions and Augusta is one of the best courses in the world. They are synonymous. It's an event that every golfer, and golf fan, looks forward to.

  Mike Weir

  Golf, Events, Fans

  Skysports.com Interview, www.skysports.com. July 03, 2011.

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• I actually had a Bobby Orr action figure. You could put the pads on him and skates and all that. I was 7, and he was still playing.

  Mike Weir

  Sports, Pads, Action

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• You can be six behind on the back nine and still win the tournament.

  Mike Weir

  Winning, Nine, Six

  Interview with Claude Nielson, old.augusta.com. April 5, 2005.

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• When I'm on with my putting, I'm as good a putter as there is, probably.

  Mike Weir

  Sports

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• The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.

  Mike Weir

  Sports, Strong, Father

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• I spent hours as a kid on the putting green of the local golf course imagining I was sinking a putt to win the Masters.

  Mike Weir

  Kids, Golf, Winning

  Skysports.com Interview, www.skysports.com. July 3, 2011.

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• Becoming the first Canadian male to win a Major Championship, especially being the Masters, was a dream come true.

  Mike Weir

  Dream, Winning, Males

  Skysports.com Interview, www.skysports.com. July 3, 2011.

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• Playing hockey, there were a lot of guys bigger than me, so I knew I was going to get hit and have to deal with it. Gotta hit back.

  Mike Weir

  Sports, Hockey, Guy

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• I had two older brothers, so I was always competing with them. The guys I grew up with on the golf course, when I was 13, they were 15 or 16, and I was always trying to beat them.

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  Brother, Golf, Two

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• I was not great behind the counter. I had a week off without asking for it. Another time, we had a cart go up in flames, and we went out on another cart, which we wrecked by running it into the cart that was on fire.

  Mike Weir

  Sports, Running, Fire

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• This golf course, you miss a shot a little bit off-line, it's going to bite you.

  Mike Weir

  Missing You, Sports, Golf

  PGA Championship press conference, www.pga.com. August 15, 2003.

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• Out here, it's just you and the ball.

  Mike Weir

  Golf, Balls, Bagger

  "Go Set a Watchman: first chapter released - as it happened" by Helen Davidson, Matthew Weaver, Lanre Bakare, Michelle Dean, www.theguardian.com. July 10, 2015.

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• I have a lot of offers to play for appearance fees. It's nice gravy, but it's not a big motivating factor for me, to go here and there just for money.

  Mike Weir

  Sports, Nice, Play

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• As for my country, I don't live there, but obviously I'm very proud to be Canadian.

  Mike Weir

  Sports, Country, Proud

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• If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I'd wind up kicking myself.

  Mike Weir

  Sports, Money, Hurt

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