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> [Sometimes you have to lose major championships before you can win them. It's the price you pay for maturing. The more times you can put yourself in pressure situations, the more times you compete, the better off you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/sometimes-you-have-to-lose-major-championships-before-you-can-win/)

[Tom Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-watson/)

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## More by Tom Watson

> [Ballybunion is the course on which many golf architects should live and play on before they build golf courses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/ballybunion-is-the-course-on-which-many-golf-architects-should-live/)

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> [I hope that I've been able to treat people with the respect they've shown me. That's basically the tenet you try to live by.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/i-hope-that-i-ve-been-able-to-treat-people-with-the-respect-they-ve/)

[Tom Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-watson/)

> [I guess I have never been much of a complainer. You just take what is given you, and don't complain about what you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/i-guess-i-have-never-been-much-of-a-complainer-you-just-take-what-is/)

[Tom Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-watson/)

> [I love the competition, and if I can continue to compete and give myself a chance to win tournaments, I'll still play out here.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/i-love-the-competition-and-if-i-can-continue-to-compete-and-give/)

[Tom Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-watson/)

> [I learned how to win by losing and not liking it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/i-learned-how-to-win-by-losing-and-not-liking-it/)

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> [Golfers who play a lot of courses often encounter short ledges or retaining walls, and I always had fun hopping down from them. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/golfers-who-play-a-lot-of-courses-often-encounter-short-ledges-or/)

[Tom Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-watson/)

> [When you come off that last hole and you've just finished a good round of golf, life is good. When you come off that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/when-you-come-off-that-last-hole-and-you-ve-just-finished-a-good/)

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> [From the time I won the Kansas City Match Play championship at age 14, I never wanted to be anything but a golfer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/from-the-time-i-won-the-kansas-city-match-play-championship-at-age-14/)

[Tom Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-watson/)

> [My golf swing is a bit like ironing a shirt. You get one side smoothed out, turn it over and there is a big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/my-golf-swing-is-a-bit-like-ironing-a-shirt-you-get-one-side-smoothed/)

[Tom Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-watson/)

> [All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/all-the-problems-of-the-world-could-be-settled-easily-if-men-were-2/)

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> [I love the way the game of golf is lived and played in Scotland. I always have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/i-love-the-way-the-game-of-golf-is-lived-and-played-in-scotland-i/)

[Tom Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-watson/)

> [Sometimes you have to lose major championships before you can win them. It's the price you pay for maturing. The more times you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/sometimes-you-have-to-lose-major-championships-before-you-can-win/)

[Tom Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-watson/)

> [I've said many times, 'You learn to win through not liking to lose.' And that's what I mean by learning how to win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/i-ve-said-many-times-you-learn-to-win-through-not-liking-to-lose-and/)

[Tom Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-watson/)

> [My career was one of just taking it step by step. I didn't know how I was gonna fare on the professional circuit when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/my-career-was-one-of-just-taking-it-step-by-step-i-didn-t-know-how-i/)

[Tom Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-watson/)

> [I have a special feeling for Blue Hills CC, where I won perhaps the most important tournament of my life when I was 14…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-watson/i-have-a-special-feeling-for-blue-hills-cc-where-i-won-perhaps-the/)

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