Golf Quotes - Page 28

• I wonder who is going to finish second.

  Tommy Bolt

  Wonder

  "Southern Hills just might be Tiger-proof" by C.W. Nevius, www.sfgate.com. June 14, 2001.

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• Be prepared to scramble right from the start.

  Jack Burke, Jr.

  Be Prepared, Prepared

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• I had to figure out myself to figure out my game.

  Stewart Cink

  Games, Figures

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• This fitness thing is blown out of proportion. What am I going to do on a treadmill - smoke a cigarette and drink a diet Coke?

  John Daly

  Coke, Drink, Cigarette

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• He's tough (Tiger Woods). I wish I was that tough when I was his age.

  John Daly

  Wish, Age, Woods

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• Visualization. It may be the most important part of your mental package.

  Ray Floyd

  Important, May, Packages

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• It's much easier to have one swing thought than many.

  Butch Harmon

  Swings, Easier

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• I try to simulate the most difficult conditions the players will encounter during competition.

  Mike Holder

  Player, Competition, Trying

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• I'm probably less serious about my game than I was in the past. I've lost a brother and father in the past six years. And what about people who have lost friends and comrades in war? Golf is a game. You've got to keep that in perspective.

  Peter Jacobsen

  Brother, Father, War

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• Every golfer has at least 14 enemies: his clubs.

  Dan Jenkins

  Enemy, Clubs, Golfers

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• It is a very positive event, being nervous. It allows you to do great things.

  Tom Kite

  Events, Nervous, Great Things

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• Having nerves and feeling the pressure just gets you focused and gets your concentration level where it needs to be. I harness that nervous energy into a positive way.

  Tom Lehman

  Feelings, Nerves, Levels

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• I think if you are going to base your whole life on what you do on the golf course, you are up for a lot of ups and downs.

  Tom Lehman

  Thinking, Whole Life, Ups & Downs

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• I have those (goals) written down, but don't want to discuss them. Right now, I just want to keep on improving.

  Justin Leonard

  Goal, Want, Improving

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• The simpler I keep things, the better I play.

  Nancy Lopez

  Play, Simplicity

  Nancy Lopez (2000). “The Complete Golfer”, Galahad Books

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• Once you try, golf is the hardest game you'll ever play.

  Roger Maltbie

  Games, Play, Trying

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• You stand up to that challenging shot, you put yourself into that shot, and you pour yourself into it confidently. Stand up and commit yourself completely. If you miss it, you miss it certainly. You've done everything you can.

  Debbie Massey

  Missing, Challenges, Done

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• He's in the mold of a Tom Watson, in that he'll hit the ball in the trees and undaunted go it there, flail it out and make something out of it.

  Gary McCord

  Tree, Mold, Balls

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• Golf is a percentage game, and I play the percentages.

  Byron Nelson

  Games, Play, Percentages

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• Out-of-control emotions can make smart people stupid.

  Byron Nelson

  Smart, Stupid, People

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• Ask yourself how many shots you would have saved if you always developed a strategy before you hit, always played within your capabilities, never lost you temper, and never got down on yourself.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Strategy, Lost, Shots

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• I never missed a putt in my mind.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Mind

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• Tee your ball high...air offers less resistance than dirt.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Air, Balls, Dirt

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• There's a guy who won't be in contention. There's another one I don't have to worry about.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Worry, Guy, Contention

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• Such is putting! 2% technique, 98% inspiration or confidence or touch...the only thing great putters have in common is touch and that is the critical ingredient...none of them found it through mechanizing a stroke, nor do I believe they could maintain it that way.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Believe, Inspiration, Technique

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