Quotes by Ian Poulter - Page 1

What I always say is, "Look good, feel good, play good."
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Sports
Feel Good
Play
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The last thing you want to do is shoot 80 wearing 'tartan troosers'.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Golf
Lasts
Want
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Faldo has lost a lot of respect from players because of what he said.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Golf
Lost
Player
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Playing the DP World Tour Championship at the Earth Course is always a great week.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Championship
Great Always World
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I wouldn't change anything about my career. I don't need my legacy to be anything.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Legacy
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I expect a lot of myself. There is no point turning up if you don't think you can win.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
No Point
Turning
Expect
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I'm mad enough not to ever need a sports psychologist, because I really believe in myself.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Psychologist
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I don't like the way most people dress on the golf course. I think it's pretty bland, pretty boring.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Golf
People
Thinking
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It's [Augusta National] a difficult course and it doesn't make it easier when you have three shanks.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Augusta National
Golf
Three
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Being mentally strong is something I've always been very good at and sometimes you just have to dig a bit deeper.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Deeper
Mentally
Dig
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I want to be the best at what I do when I go out to play golf, and so when I was building my house, I wanted the best.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Play Golf
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I've always said golf can be a turn-off - all those middle-aged men in bad jumpers. I want to be a bit more of a character.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Middle Aged
Turn Off
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I never put doubt in myself and that's single-handedly one of the most important things in whatever it is you're going to do.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Important Things
Single-Handedly
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I never got to study psychology after leaving school at 15 but I know how to rationalise things and get the best out of myself.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Psychology
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If I had to put my clubs away tomorrow and never play golf again, I'd be a happy man. I feel pretty proud of what I've achieved.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Clubs
Happy Man
Achieved
Play Golf
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You don't want to let on how hurt you are because some people will see that as a sign of weakness, they might use it against you.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Weakness
People Will See
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Long-term effects of taking painkillers and anti-inflammatories are never really good. To find another form of relief has been great.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Effects
Long Term
Relief
Good Great Never
Good Great Find
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I play to win. And if I string together four of my best rounds at the Masters then there's no doubt about it - I will wear the jacket.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Masters
No Doubt
Rounds
Jacket
String
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There are subtle things you can do without crossing the line. If I see I've got up my opponent's nose, I will be over the moon. Job done.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Jobs
Crossing The Line
Moon
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It's not about the pennies as such, but what I've been able to create for the family. I have done that better than I could have ever dreamed.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Pennies
Dreamed
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To be able to go to place where friends and family fly in to watch me play, having lots of home support and enjoying Dubai, is always great fun.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Dubai
Family Home Great
Enjoying
Friends And Family
Great Fun
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I'm stunned at some of the stuff Johnny Miller comes out with sometimes. He is very harsh and frankly I find some of the stuff he sees very disrespectful.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Disrespectful
Harsh
Stunned
Frankly
Johnny
Miller
Sees
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I can only compare myself to the players I was playing against. To say I won the Order of Merit playing only seven events out of 17 was to me a big achievement.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Achievement
Compare
Merit
Myself Me I Can
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Whatever you want to follow as your passion, it's about having the right mental attitude, having the right focus, following your dream and never wavering from it.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Attitude
Focus
Following
Mental Attitude
Passion
Wavering
Follow
Mental
Your Dream
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When your friends win tournaments it is good for you in a way because it does fire you up. You see what it means to them and know you would like to enjoy the same thing.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Tournaments
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I am the clotheshorse out on the course and the better I play the more people watch me out on the course and the more the clothes get exposure in front of the TV cameras.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Cameras
Exposure
I Am Me Better
Better Me I Am
More People
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We look at the poor shots and ask why. Then we work on stability and balance. We're always trying to get the club in the little bit better position so we hit fewer poor shots.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Fewer
Stability
Work Better Look
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I have always been a very opinionated person and I wanted to wear stylish clothes on the course that suit my personality and taste. And I like the freedom I have to create them.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Opinionated
Stylish
Suit
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Most people would say it's the start of golf. When you see the flowers blooming at Augusta National and you hear Jim Nantz come on and start speaking about it, it's that time of year.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Blooming
Time Start People
Jim
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I wasn't the most talented player as a kid. Whenever I look back at the old footage, I didn't swing it very well and I didn't strike it pretty well, but I managed to score pretty well.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Footage
Strike
Swing
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If I stop playing golf today I can sit back with the kids and reflect on an amazing journey. I do it often. I think you have to feel that you are grounded in this crazy world I live in.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Crazy World
Grounded
Reflect
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People don't see how hard you work. People just read the stuff on Twitter. They ask why I wasn't on the range all weekend instead of being at Monaco. You know what? You have to have some balance.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Balance
Monaco
Range
Work People See
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No one has ever given me anything. No one gave me a tour card, no one gave me a US tour card, no one gave me a nice house and a Ferrari: I've had to work for every penny I have earned and I'm proud of that.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Ferrari
Work Me Anything
Card
Earned
Penny
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I cleaned up everything behind the scenes and simplified my life. I made some changes in my staff. I changed management, my accountants, my bookkeeping team. I had a full refresh. For me that was extremely important.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Accountants
Management
Staff
Life Me My Life
Life Me Important
Cleaned
Refresh
Simplified
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I have always treated golf as a job. Back in the day it was in a pro shop. That win opened another door, it was a way to jumping on the stepping stone to where I am today. That's the mental attitude you need to keep succeeding.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Attitude
Golf
Jumping
Mental Attitude
Door
Mental
Shop
Opened
Pro
Stepping
Stepping Stone
Succeeding
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I may not be in the office as much as I was at the start of the business but when a new range is launched - and we have two, a spring/summer and an autumn/winter collection - each year, all designs come through me first to make sure I am happy with them.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Range
Each Year
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I have got closer to some of the guys through Twitter. I don't need to name names but I have found I have more of a connection with some players than I did before - not to say that I wasn't friends with them anyway but just that I'm better friends with them now.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Closer
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You don't have to be a mathematician to work out that Rory McIlroy is going to have more chances at 25 than I am at 38. The clock is ticking. It would be nicer to be a multiple-major winner than a major winner. But it would be nice to be a major winner, at the minute!
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Clock
Mathematician
Be Nice
Chances
Nicer
Ticking
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I never thought for one minute that I couldn't win another tournament or I couldn't make another Ryder Cup team. That's not in my make-up. If I feel good in myself and feel good in everything I'm doing, on and off the course, then I'm of the mind-set that I can get it done.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Feel Good
Mind Set
Good Myself Feel Good
On And Off
Tournament
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I have never needed operations, I have had niggles the same as any other golfer after putting his body through 17 years of travel and a heavy playing schedule. I think I'm actually in pretty good shape considering the amount of hours spent hitting balls and sitting on an aeroplane.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Considering
Hitting
Operations
Golfer
Good Shape
Pretty Good
Schedule
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I don't care if someone wants to say something derogatory or spiteful anymore. As I've grown older I've become wiser to the fact that vindictive people take pride in trying to make other people feel bad. I enjoy my life. If someone doesn't like what I do, that's up to them, I really don't care.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Derogatory
Spiteful
Vindictive
Wiser
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Rest is key. I need to get the right rest time and family time to stay refreshed. My downtime is for family activity. That's all about there is. I never switch off. Running my day-to-day golf business is a fairly busy one. There's a lot of moving parts and I'm trying to simplify it and make it easier.
Ian Poulter / Golfer
Running
Activity
Busy
Day To Day
Downtime
Easier
Golf
Moving
Moving Parts
Simplify
Time Family Business
Fairly
Stay
Rest
Family Time Business
Parts
Refreshed
Switch
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