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I never learned anything from a match that I won.

Bobby Jones

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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Games Golf People
Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
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Ambition Golf Much Too
You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
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Golf Swings Thinking
If I needed advice from my caddie, he’d be hitting the shots and I’d be carrying the bag.
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Advice Caddies Golf
He [the golfer] must have the courage to keep trying in the face of ill luck or disappointment, and timidity to appreciate and appraise the dangers of each stroke, and to curb the desire to take chances beyond reasonable hope of success.
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Appreciate Disappointment Golf
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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Golf Lonely People
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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Golf Lying Play
Well, I’m glad we don’t have to play in the shade.
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Golf Play Shade
The toughest opponent of all is Old Man Par. He’s a patient soul who never shoots a birdie and never incurs a bogey. And if you would travel the long road with him, you must be patient, too.
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Golf Long Men
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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Games Golf Play
Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.
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Golf Loses Winning
Some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying.
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Inspirational Sports Thinking
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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Basketball Golf Sports
The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
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Exercise Golf Golfers
If I had ever been set down in any one place and told I was to play there, and nowhere else, for the rest of my life, I should have chosen the Old Course at St. Andrews.
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Chosen Golf Nowhere Place
Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.
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Fighting Muscles Strive

I never learned anything from a match that I won.

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