I never learned anything from a match that I won.
BOBBY JONESI never learned anything from a match that I won.
More Bobby Jones Quotes
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You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.
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Golf is said to be an humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses of else reckless of consequences.
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Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.
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Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
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No-one will ever have golf under his thumb. No round ever will be so good it could not have been better. Perhaps this is why golf is the greatest of games.
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It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize it.
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I have never felt so lonely as on a golf course in the midst of a championship with thousands of people around, especially when things began to go wrong and the crowds started wandering away.
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Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I’m not even familiar with.
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You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
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I will tell you privately it’s not going to get better, it’s going to get worse all the time, but don’t fret. Remember, we play the ball where it lies, and now let’s not talk about this, ever again.
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Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
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Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
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A leading difficulty with the average player is that he totally misunderstands what is meant by concentration. He may think he is concentrating hard when he is merely worrying.
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I can play the game only one way. I must play every shot for all there is in it. I cannot play safe.
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The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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