Quotes by Hale Irwin - Page 1

New Zealand has a great reputation in America for golf.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
America
Golf
New Zealand
Reputation
Zealand
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Yes, I applied a lot of what I did in football to golf.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Golf
Applied
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The best quick tip in golf is to focus on your rhythm and balance.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Balance
Focus
Golf
Rhythm
Best Focus Your
Quick
Tip
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I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Never Underestimate
Opponents
Positive Attitude
Talent
Underestimate
Talents
Opponent
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I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Bed
Mind
Sleep
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It's a long, hard, difficult process to make it to a national championship.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Championship
Long
Process
National Championship
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You can talk about strategy all you want, but what really matters is resiliency.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Golf
Matter
Want
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Let your emotions come out. If your behavior is flat, your game will be flat, too.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Behavior
Emotion
Games
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People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
People
Who You Are
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I can forgive the body breaking down. It's a little tougher to forgive that mental lapse.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Body
Forgiving
Lapses
Breaking
Forgive
Lapse
Mental
Tougher
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Competitiveness is a personality thing and competitive people don't become pushovers the day they turn fifty.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Age
People
Personality
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Dad
Mom
Athlete
Genes
Longevity
Mom Good Dad
Good Dad Mom
Passed
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Early in my career, my 3-, 5- and 9-irons performed differently than my other irons. But I adapted and made them work.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Adapted
Careers
Iron
Made
Irons
Performed
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People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Believe
People
Would Be
Believing
Surprised
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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.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Desire
Done
Succeed
Winning
Column
Measured
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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.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Sports
Expectations
Nervous
Should Have
Just A Little Bit
Match
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The positions I played in football, being a quarterback and a defensive back, you had to kind of have a little independent thinking.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Football
Independent
Quarterback
Thinking
Defensive
Positions
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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 was too young of an age for that.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Fall
Theory
Subscribed
Tour
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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 was too young of an age for that.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Journey
Fall
Golf
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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 to win. We didn't settle for anything else.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Player
Thinking
Winning
Anything Else
Finish
Pga Tour
Settle
Ton
Tour
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I've felt that if you dwell too much on your errors, you're dealing in the negativity of things. I don't like that. I'd rather work on the positive reinforcement, the things I did well.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Positive
Errors
Felt
Negativity
Reinforcement
Too Much
Positive Work Your
Dealing
Rather
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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 too much, and so on, you'll pay a price on the course.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Energy
Excuse
Feelings
Reserves
Tired
Your Body
Badly
Price
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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 something that drives me and compels me to stick my head in there and give it my best shot.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Running
Deer
Giving
Guy
Best Mind Me
Shot
Compels
Drives
Heavens
Stick
Right Mind
Tackle
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The USGA doesn't want to recognize the fact that today's players are better than ever. They seem willing to do anything to prevent us from shooting scores that would make us appear better than the great names of the past.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Golf
Past
Player
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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 correctly, being competitive is a wonderful way to always try to be a better person by learning from your mistakes and capitalizing on your successes.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Sports
Motivation
Softball
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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. The longer you play, the more certain you are that a man's performance is the outward manifestation of who, in his heart, he really thinks he is.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Sports
Golf
Heart
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You can talk about strategy all you want, but what really matters is resilience. On the last nine holes of the Masters or the Open, there's going to come at least one point when you want to throw yourself in the nearest trash can and disappear. You know you can't hide. It's like you're walking down the fairway naked. The gallery knows what you've done, every other player knows and worst of all, you know. That's when you find out if you're a real competitor.
Hale Irwin / Golfer
Golf
Player
Real
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