Hale Irwin Quotes

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• Golf is the only-est sport. You're completely alone with every conceivable opportunity to defeat yourself. Golf brings out your assets and liabilities as a person.…
• You can talk about strategy all you want, but what really matters is resiliency.
• I just never subscribed to the theory that at age 55, you fall off the face of the earth on the Tour...I always felt that…
• If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have.
• To be successful in anything, a person must always want to be better, not only than your opponent but better than your last performance. Done…
• I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
• I can forgive the body breaking down. It's a little tougher to forgive that mental lapse.
• The best quick tip in golf is to focus on your rhythm and balance.
• The positions I played in football, being a quarterback and a defensive back, you had to kind of have a little independent thinking.
• Early in my career, my 3-, 5- and 9-irons performed differently than my other irons. But I adapted and made them work.
• I still have the desire to succeed, and I've always felt success is measured by what you've done in the win column, not top 10s.
• It's a long, hard, difficult process to make it to a national championship.
• Let your emotions come out. If your behavior is flat, your game will be flat, too.
• My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
• People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are.
• People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.
• Do I want to tackle a 230-pound guy who's running like a deer? Heavens no, no one in their right mind would. But there is…
• Feeling tired should almost never be an excuse, because your body has huge reserves of energy. But if you eat badly, stay out late, drink…
• On the PGA Tour, guys finish in the top 10, make a ton of money and think they're great players. In my era, you had…
• I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.

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