Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.
BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIASThey say golf came easy to me because I was a good athlete, but there’s not any girl on the LPGA Tour who worked near as hard as I did in golf. It’s the toughest game I ever tackled.
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I expect to play golf until I am 90-even longer if anybody figures out a way to swing a club from a rocking chair.
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I don’t seem able to do my best unless I’m behind or in trouble.
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They say golf came easy to me because I was a good athlete, but there’s not any girl on the LPGA Tour who worked near as hard as I did in golf. It’s the toughest game I ever tackled.
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The biggest weakness with my game is that I have fun with the galleries. I just love a gallery.
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I came out to beat everybody in sight, and that’s just what I’m going to do.
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You can’t win them all but you can try.
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There are times when a golfer is tempted to throw her clubs away and forget the whole ‘humblin’ business.’ At other times, she wouldn’t trade places with a queen-that’s when the shots are long and true, and putts are dropping.
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As your golf improves, your concentration will improve with it.
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It’s not just enough to swing at the ball. You’ve got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it.
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If you win through bad sportsmanship that’s no real victory.
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You know when there’s a star, like in show business, the star has her name in lights on the marquee! Right? And the star gets themoney because the people come to see the star, right? Well, I’m the star, and all of you are in the chorus.
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All of my life I have always had the urge to do things better than anybody else.
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That little white ball won’t move until you hit it, and there’s nothing you can do after it has gone.
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Study the rules so that you won’t beat yourself by not knowing something.
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I just hitch up my girdle and let ‘er fly.
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