Tom Watson
Tom Watson
Professional golfer who was a six-time PGA Player of the Year.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth4 September 1949
CountryUnited States of America
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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 affect.
I always could putt. Part of my makeup, I always could putt.
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Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what is right when no one is looking.
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Some guys have trouble sleeping the night before an important round. I never have. Invariably, I sleep longer and better, and have more dreams, when I'm in contention and feeling pressure.
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When I left Bruce here last year, he was crying in the parking lot, ... He thought that was going to be his last Masters. Of course, it was. The last time he caddied for me was at the UBS Warburg Cup on Sea Island last fall. On Sunday, we went to the bar and had a beer together, knowing that might have been the last time, too, which it was.
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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 could jump off something six feet high and land like a cat, no problem. Well, today I can't jump off anything higher than two feet without it just killing me.
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Bruce has been a good friend, a good companion and we've been a good team. He's also got a great sense of humor.
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I'm running for mayor because someone has to step up and give voters a viable alternative.
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They've really just bumped any short hitters out of the championship consideration equation.
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They've really bumped any short hitters out of consideration. It's more difficult for shorter hitters. The shorter hitters are faced with a lot of improper shots into greens.
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I admire Jack for many things, but especially for the way he always treated our relationship. Jack was never mean in any sense of the word -- there was no meanness in him. So at St. Andrews, coming up the last hole with him, it all hit me: the kind of man he is, the battles we had, and especially, that this was the end. . . . That was very emotional.
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The golf swing is a violent swing. You twist, and your spine is under continual stress when you're making a golf swing. Your neck, your spine, your hands, your knees, everything.
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You hear that winning breeds winning. But no winners are bred from losing. They learn that they don't like it.
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We're moving in the right direction, ... We need to emphasize not just low costs, but amenities like our riverfront development. We're trying to carve out an economic niche with plant-made pharmaceuticals that will create higher-paying jobs. And we're hoping to increase our intellectual capital with cancer research at the hospital's cancer center.