You know, as you get older, the first thing you lose is memory. It seems to be happening with me.
BERNHARD LANGER
BERNHARD LANGER
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Bernhard Langer25 quotes“You know, as you get older, the first thing you lose is memory. It seems to be happening with me.”
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There are far more important things in life than making a putt or missing a putt or winning a championship or losing a championship.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer We are in the entertaining business, they want to get autographs, they want to take something home, whether it’s a signed hat or, you know, program or whatever it might be.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer You can get some spiked up greens even with no metal spikes, it just depends.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer It’s just a matter of hitting the ball where I want to hit it and hopefully making some putts.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer If you drag your shoe a bit those plastic spikes or rubber spikes can be almost as bad as metal spikes.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer Competition is healthy. It makes you work harder and strive for more and try to find that extra one or two percent in your game that you could possibly improve.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer That’s the difference between golf and many other sports. You go to some other sporting events, they just leave you or give you the cold shoulder and move on.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer Well, the memories were obviously – every match is important, every point counts, especially the last sort of 18, 20 years when the matches have been so tight.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer You know why the game of golf is popular? Very easy, it’s a great game.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer I grew up a Catholic and I dont want to talk badly about the Catholic Church but theres a lot of routine stuff going on. You say the same prayers, you sit, you kneel, whatever.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer I’m nervous when I play in the Masters or most other tournaments.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer It’s up to the captain. I certainly feel my golf is worthy of playing in the Ryder Cup. But I’m not sure I’m on the radar screen of Paul McGinley.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer Be decisive. A wrong decision is generally less disastrous than indecision.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer Every player has the option to have metal spikes or other spikes or whatever they feel most comfortable in.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer I know thousands of German’s who are totally different from me, so we’re not alike, we’re not the same.
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