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Arnold Palmer, born on September 10, 1929, and passed away on September 25, 2016, was a legendary professional golfer from the United States. His career was filled with remarkable achievements, and he was hailed as a legendary figure in the history of golf. Palmer's unique style and likable personality won the admiration of countless fans, playing a significant role in the global promotion of golf.

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“For years I did take my time, but that was because I hated waiting to hit shots - I adopted a pace where I didn't have to stand by my ball and wait.”

Years Waiting Shots Balls Hated My Time Pace Adopted

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“I am against making golf courses obsolete, going to the national Open and playing half the holes with a one-iron.”

Courses Half Golf Holes Iron Obsolete Golf Course

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“You can describe my round as having moments of ecstasy and stark raving terror. I looked like I knew what I was doing at times and at other times I looked like a twenty handicap player.”

Moments Player Twenties Rounds Terror Ecstasy Starks Handicaps

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“I never felt I could be a complete professional without having won the British Open. It was something you had to do to complete your career.”

Felt Careers British

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“On the Old Course at St. Andrews: This is the origin of the game, golf in its purest form, and it's still played that way on a course seemingly untouched by time. Every time I play here, it reminds me that this is still a game.”

Way Stills Play Form Courses Games Golf Andrew

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“When I was growing up, they had just found radio.”

Found Growing Up Growing Radio

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“Don't be ashamed to play safe.”

Play Safe Ashamed Play Safe

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“An athlete must have a certain cockiness to succeed and win, but an athlete must also care about the game he or she plays.”

Play Care Certain Games Winning Succeed Athlete Cockiness

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“As long as I can stay competitive and have fun doing what I'm doing, I guess I'll keep doing it.”

Long I Can Fun Having Fun

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“Frankly, I'm not much for funerals unless it's absolutely an obligation. I don't feel it serves much of a purpose to go and see my friends just lying there, dead. I try to pay my respects to my friends when they're alive.”

Feels Trying Lying Purpose Pay Alive My Friends Obligation Funeral

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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.”

Challenges Balls Golf Cease

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“If you are really serious about playing golf and playing good golf, stick to the basic fundamentals. Sure, there's going to be a little change here and a change there, but you don't want to make them. You want to stick to the things that you started with, and you learned, and you know how to apply them.”

Ifs Knows Want Littles Know How Serious Fundamentals Sticks Golf Playing Golf Good Golf

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“I'm not much for sitting around and thinking about the past or talking about the past. What does that accomplish?”

Thinking Doe Past Talking Sitting Accomplish Sitting Around Thinking About The Past

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“When I was in college, I thought about becoming an attorney. But I wasn't smart enough; I hate being cooped up indoors; and I'm too nice a guy.”

Enough Guy Hate Nice College Becoming Smart I Hate Attorney Too Nice

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“When you play by the rules, defy mental demons, overcome every challenge, and enjoy a walk in the country at the same time - that's being alive.”

Country Play Enjoy Challenges Walks Alive Overcoming Demon

Book:Reflections on the Game (ePub Edition)

Source: Reflections on the Game (ePub Edition)

“I still enjoy what I do. I haven't been playing much golf and none since I dislocated my shoulder, but I come to the office every day.”

Stills Enjoy Havens Office Golf Shoulders

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“When I was playing in a junior tournament one time, I missed a short putt and threw my putter into the trees. I went on to win the tournament and later, instead of my dad congratulating me, he told me that if I ever threw a club again, I'd never play in another golf tournament. I haven't thrown a club since.”

Ifs Play Winning Tree Havens Dad Golf My Dad Clubs Thrown One Time Juniors Tournaments Golf Tournaments

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“Many people don't know that I experienced a blood clot caused by deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, which is when a blood clot forms in a deep vein in the body, often the leg or thigh. I'm fortunate that my DVT was diagnosed and treated before it led to something even more serious and that's why I encourage people to talk to their doctor if they think something is wrong. I've teamed up with Janssen Pharmaceuticals to raise awareness about blood clot prevention and treatment.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Body Form Blood Awareness Serious Doctors Raises Legs Treated Fortunate Treatment Veins Thighs Prevention Blood Clots

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“I remember what a thrill it was to attend my first Champions Dinner. Just being in the same room with some of the guys I had admired growing up and to be there because I had won The Masters was quite an honor. I still attend the dinner every year and it is one of the highlights of my time at Augusta during Masters week.”

Years Firsts Stills Remember Guy Rooms Growing Up Growing Week Masters Honor Dinner Champion My Time Just Being Thrill Highlights Augusta

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“We have a great field and I'm very happy about that. It's a tough time of year as it gets closer to the Masters, but I'm appreciative of the players who are here, and I'm expecting a great week.”

Years Player Week Fields Masters Tough Expecting Very Happy Tough Times Appreciative

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“I am so pleased with my golf course. I am to say that it's the best I've ever seen it - without equivocation.”

Courses Golf Golf Course

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“I stopped playing in the Masters in 2004, I stopped playing in the Par-3 [Contest], and now it's time to end this part of my Masters career. I would love to go on doing it forever, but I don't have the physical capability to hit the shot the way I would want to hit it. So I'll have to be content to watch.”

Way Want Ends Careers Watches Forever Masters Goes On Shots Capability Contests

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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.”

Thinking Men Way Firsts Wells Has Beens Young Stage Fine Proud Performances Young Man Right Way Golfers

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“As for 1994 [ U.S. Open], I didn't do very well, but it was a great occasion for me even though I was not playing the way I had hoped. And it was obviously a very emotional day that last day, but it was a great memory for me and I have had a lot of great memories at Oakmont over the years.”

Way Years Wells Lasts Memories Emotional Occasions Last Day Great Memories

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“I think the people I have met have meant a great deal to me, more than any shot I ever hit. I will always remember some golf shots, but others I would like to forget.”

People Thinking Remember Forget Deals Mets Shots Golf

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“I've drawn a lot of inspiration from people who have supported me, golfers who have helped me. If it wasn't for the game of golf I'd probably be mowing the greens back in Latrobe.”

People Ifs Inspiration Games Golf Golfers Mowing

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“Phil [Mickelson] has done a great job. He's a great player and he's conducted himself very well through the years. He's been a good ambassador for the game. He hasn't won in a while, but he still has time, and it wouldn't surprise me if he won again.”

Ifs Years Wells Stills Done Jobs Games Player Surprise Ambassadors Great Job Through The Years Surprise Me

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“The fans motivated me. They gave me the incentive to want to play and to want to win and to continue to play as my career progressed. They were never a distraction.”

Want Play Winning Careers Fans Motivated Distraction Incentives

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“I enjoyed the fans thoroughly, and they were always helpful. They were the reason that I tried so hard over the years.”

Years Hard Reason Fans Enjoyed Helpful

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“The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.”

Looks Done Inspiration Challenges Impossible Golf Graduation Life Challenges Convocation

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“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.”

Inspirational Winning Sports Effort Hard Work Adversity Athlete Motivational Sports Odds Inspirational Sports Motivational Basketball Hardwork Hardworking Motivational Inspirational Sports Basketball Motivation Athlete Motivational Inspirational Football Best Sports Short Sports Against All Odds Short Inspirational Sports Short Motivational Sports Best Athlete Awesome Sports Inspirational Athlete Sports Football Football Motivation Work Effort Motivational Football Inspiring Athlete Soccer Football Inspirational Soccer Against The Odds Effort And Hard Work Inspirational Winning Motivational Soccer Hard Work Motivational Motivation And Hard Work Young Athletes Coaches And Athletes Soccer Motivation Winning Sports Value Of Hard Work Winning Football Winning Inspirational Strong Work Ethic Inspirational History Overwhelming Odds Victory Inspirational Effort And Time Time Effort Odds Against You

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“Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.”

Simple Golf Complicated Intellect Palms Golfers Golf Life Great Golf Golf Clubs Greatest Golf Life Is A Game Inspirational Golf Golf Putting

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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.”

“What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do.”

Want Mean Body Hands Focus What You Want Your Body Concentration Time Management Focus And Concentration

Book:Situation golf

Source: Situation golf

“Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.”

“I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.”

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“What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.”

Source: A Life Well Played: My Stories

“The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.”

Self Motivational Sports Challenges Secret Students Discovery Resources Self Discovery Concentration Motivational Sports Journey Of Self Discovery

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“Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.”

Wisdom Natural Golf Accumulation Golfers Golfing Great Golf Great Golfing Natural Gifts Golf Putting

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“Had I not become a professional golfer, I think I would have pursued some type of career in aviation.”

Thinking Careers Type Aviation Pursued Golfers

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“I think I've heard somebody say that I was a well-dressed golfer. I guess that has something to do with the fact that a lot of people who play golf don't dress very well.”

People Thinking Wells Play Facts Heard Dresses Golf Golfers Well Dressed

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“My grandson Sam Saunders has been playing golf since he could hold a club and I spent a lot of time with him over the years. Like my father taught me, I showed him the fundamentals of the game and helped him make adjustments as he and his game matured over the years.”

Years Has Beens Father Games Taught Fundamentals Golf Clubs Adjustment Playing Golf Matured Grandson

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“Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.”

Motivational Sports Golf Hunger Combination Concentration Golfing Golf Life Great Golf Funny Golf Great Golfing Funny Golfing Greatest Golf Inspirational Golf

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About the Author

Born: September 10, 1929
Died: September 25, 2016
Known for: Professional golfer
Quotes: 143

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