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A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.

Another riveting one was Sterling Sharpe - mainly because everyone told me he's horrible. Sterling was playing in a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, and I drove up to see him (and others). I approached cautiously, figured he'd blow me off, etc. But, instead, he was fantastic. I mean, gracious, down to earth, funny, terrific memory, pinpoint insights. Could not have enjoyed my time with Sterling sharpe any more than I did. And how many journalists have ever said that before?

Any game where a man 60 can beat a man 30 ain't no game.

Anyone of my generation who trusts government probably has an I.Q. that would make a good golf score.

Anyone who hasn't been nervous, or hasn't choked somewhere down the line, is an idiot.

Anyone who watches golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.

Apart from golf, it was a great week.

A photographer kept shooting me every time I swung. I was very flattered until I found out he was from Field and Stream.

A poet is a poet, whether he rides in a Ford or on a donkey; a sage is a sage, whether he plays golf in New Jersey or bathes in the Ganges, or prays in the desert; and a fool is a fool, whether he be a maharaja or a president of a post-war republic.

A pretty girl will always have the toughest time learning to play golf, because every man wants to give her lessons.

Arnold Palmer is the biggest crowd pleaser since the invention of the portable sanitary facility.

A round of golf is the ideal antidote to stress.

Arnie has more people watching him park the car than we do out on the course.

Arnold's place in history will be as the man who took golf from being a game for the few to a sport for the masses. He was the catalyst who made that happen.

A rough should have high grass. When you go bowling they don't give you anything for landing in the gutter, do they?

Arnie, you're going to have to buy a bigger jet.

As every golfer knows, no one ever lost his mind over one shot. It is rather the gradual process of shot after shot watching your score go to tatters - knowing that you have found a different way to bogey each hole.

...as all souls are equal before their Maker, a two inch putt counts the same as a 250 yard drive. There is a comedy in this and a certain unfairness even, which makes golf an even apter mirror of reality.

As General Eisenhower discovered, it is easier to end the Cold War or stamp out poverty than to master this devilish pastime.

As far as swing and techniques are concerned, I don't know diddly squat. When I'm playing well, I don't even take aim.

As for me, tough duty though it may be, I continue to do my part for the commercial recreation industry. Fishing, boating, tennis, golf, running, hunting, and all of this. Horseshoes. It's tough duty. Somebody has to do it, and I'm going to keep on.

A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.

As far as golf being athletic, I would say, go try it, let's see how well you do. It's a hard game.

As if we don't have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity golf tournament.

A strong mind is one of the key components that separates the great from the good.

Ask yourself how many shots you would have saved if you always developed a strategy before you hit, always played within your capabilities, never lost you temper, and never got down on yourself.

A smart girl is one who knows how to play tennis, golf, piano -- and dumb.

As I watched the seagulls, I thought, That's the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust.

As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.

At a certain point in the [golf] tournament, it becomes a match play event and becomes a match play event against who is on the leaderboard, so you have to know who is there to do what you're going to try to do.

As your golf improves, your concentration will improve with it.

At its best, the US Open demands straight drives, crisp iron shots, brilliant chipping and putting, and strategic position play. Plus the patience of St. Francis and the will of Patton. At its worst, the Open eradicates the difference in ability between a Tom Purtzer and a Tom Watson and throws both in the same jail of high rough and high risk shots. This is the disturbing tendency in the Opens of the seventies and eighties, one which worries everyone in golf.

A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.

At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.

At my first Masters, I got the feeling, that if I didn't play well, I wouldn't go to heaven.

Augusta National is a young man's golf course, and you really need a young man's nerves to play on it.

A woman in Great Britain has died after being hit in the back of the head by a golf ball, on the first hole. Her husband was so distraught, he only played the front nine.

Baffling late-life discovery: Golfers wear those awful clothes on purpose.

Bad putting is due more to the effect the green has upon the player than it has upon the action of the ball.

Ballybunion is the course on which many golf architects should live and play on before they build golf courses.

Be brave if you lose and meek if you win.

Beauty is Nature in perfection; circularity is its chief attribute. Behold the full moon, the enchanting golf ball, the domes of splendid temples, the huckleberry pie, the wedding ring, the circus ring, the ring for the waiter, and the "round" of drinks.

Because [Donald] Trump sticks to his script and was there to open his golf course, that's what he first began talking about. He didn't open with a statement on the Brexit vote. And so here comes the media - right on cue - and any allies they have, once again lashing out at Trump as incompetent, unaware, insensitive.

Because golf exposes the flaws of the human swing - a basically simple maneuver - it causes more self-torture than any game short of Russian roulette.

Being away for the weekends, and me being the international player that I have been for those 30 years, I've spent a lot more time flying around the world, playing different golf tournaments around the world.

Because of the suit I was wearing, I couldn't make a good pivot on the swing. And I had to hit the ball with one hand.

Before, I was like 'Oh my God, I have to do this media, this media and this media,' but now I've learned these are stages you need to go through. If you play really good golf, you're going to get more media attention and more interest in you, and you'll get more confident handling it.

Being a Daddy is priority number one. When you are old and facing oblivion in a nursing home or a hospital or on a golf course in winter, you are not going to wish you had spent more time at the office or making a sales call or watching a show. You will wish you had spent more time with your family.

Being a Scotsman, I am naturally opposed to water in its undiluted state.

Because you pray after you play.