| I think your
mind has a lot to do with the game, even more than practicing. Sure,
you've got to practice until you learn all the fundamentals, but
if you've been playing golf as long as I have, it's not the practice
anymore, it's the mind. - Lee Trevino |
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You
can will something to happen, with your body, with your mind.
The mind is that strong. You can say, 'I want to get this close
to the hole.' That's where the mind comes in. The mind has to
produce positive thinking. All the great players do that - Byron
Nelson
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|
When your
golf is good, your mind is great. When your golf is bad, your
mind is terrible. Your mind is a product of the day's results.-
Greg Norman
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| Once
you're on the Tour, the mental part of the game is 85-90 percent
- David Duval
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| I don't really
like too much thinking. I like to have it clear and just go ahead
and hit it. Sometimes I think that if you think too much, you're
thinking too many things, you're not thinking about hitting the
shot - Sergio Garcia |
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If
somebody plays better than I do, it never bothers me. What bothers
me is when I don't prepare, when I don't get my mind on what I'm
doing and I let everything else happen that keeps me from being
on a positive road to where I want to go - Jack Nicklaus
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| Golf is not
that hard a game. We make it a lot harder than it is. Our mind gets
in the way - Simon Bevan, head pro at Glen Abbey Golf Club, Ontario
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| This
game is experimental between the ears - Peter Kostis |
| The
average person doesn't function very well playing golf. You either
have to be in the state of oneness or be able to create a state
of oneness. You have to have the ability to eliminate all of the
distractions and only think of one thing at a time - Phil Rodgers |
| From
a mind standpoint, there's the zone. I'm a 30 handicap and I shot
an 82 one day. I felt that every ball I hit was perfect, and every
putt would go in, and it did. It is a mind game, and the zone is
the mind zone. - David Wolper, award-winning movie and TV producer |
| The biggest
strength of Tiger Woods you can't see. It's his mind - Butch
Harmon
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| Golf
is all about calm. You don't play golf to relax, you relax to play
golf. The zone we hear PGA Tour players talk about is a metabolic
state of calm, a Zenlike concentration. - Gary Haykin, golf teacher |
| Quotes taken
from the book 'Be the Ball' by Charlie Jones and Kim Doren |