He [the golfer] must have the courage to keep trying in the face of ill luck or disappointment, … - Bobby Jones

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[Kyle Chandler]definitely helped me out a lot, stepped up my game. Just like the volleying back and forth.

Bobby Jones

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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Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies.

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The main idea in golf as in life, I suppose is to learn to accept what cannot be altered and to keep on doing one's own reasoned and resolute best whether the prospect be bleak or rosy.

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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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Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course. . . the space between your ears.

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The real way to enjoy playing golf is to take pleasure not in the score, but in the execution of strokes.

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[Kyle Chandler]definitely helped me out a lot, stepped up my game. Just like the volleying back and forth.

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