Nick Faldo Quotes

• Golf is not about the quality of your good shots, it is about the quality of your bad shots.

  Nick Faldo

  Golf, Quality, Shots

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• When it blows here, even the seagulls walk.

  Nick Faldo

  Golf, Blow, Seagull

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• Tempo is the glue that sticks all elements of the golf swing together.

  Nick Faldo

  Golf, Swings, Together

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• John certainly gives it a good hit, doesn't he? My Sunday best is a Wednesday afternoon compared to him.

  Nick Faldo

  Golf, Sunday, Giving

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• We were happily married for eight months. Unfortunately, we were married for four and a half years.

  Nick Faldo

  Marriage, Golf, Eight

  "Learning to smile" by Nick Green, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2007.

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• The course is perfection and it asks perfection.

  Nick Faldo

  Golf, Perfection, Masters

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• It goes without saying that it is no good having a perfect setup, perfect grip and perfect golf swing if the whole thing is misaligned. It sounds obvious but many players simply do not spend enough time getting themselves on target.

  Nick Faldo

  Golf, Player, Swings

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• If you want to play better, you have to eat better, you have to look out for yourself.

  Nick Faldo

  Play, Looks, Want

  "Interview: Nick Faldo on Rory McIlroy, golf's youth revolution and why the Americans struggle at the Ryder Cup". Interview with Joel Beall, www.golfdigest.com. September 22, 2016.

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• My game is like a cross between karaoke and rap: crap.

  Nick Faldo

  Rap, Golf, Games

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• The word is control. That's my ultimate - to have control.

  Nick Faldo

  Golf, Ultimate

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• I was a little stunned that we didn't get a coloring book with this menu.

  Nick Faldo

  Book, Golf, Littles

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• I never mixed with golfers when I was playing, mainly because I didn't want to talk golf all night.

  Nick Faldo

  Golf, Night, Want

  "Learning to smile" by Nick Greenslade, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2007.

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• Now we know everything about golf equipment. A player doesn't have to know diddly about golf clubs, because we know what a golf club can do and how it can fit to you. I hate to harp on my era because people don't like that, but 30 years back was so different. I didn't have maxed-out clubs. The clubs now are amazing.

  Nick Faldo

  Hate, Golf, Player

  "Interview: Nick Faldo on Rory McIlroy, golf's youth revolution and why the Americans struggle at the Ryder Cup". Interview with Joel Beall, www.golfdigest.com. September 22, 2016.

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• When you are playing great, it's wonderful. Because you and your partner just want to go out and go (rubbing hands together) 'Who we got?' and off you go. But when you're playing badly, or your trust is dented, or your self-belief is gone, it's the worst (freaking) week in the world!

  Nick Faldo

  Self, Hands, Together

  "Interview: Nick Faldo on Rory McIlroy, golf's youth revolution and why the Americans struggle at the Ryder Cup". Interview with Joel Beall, www.golfdigest.com. September 22, 2016.

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• If anything, more kids that want to get good at golf will get fine-tuned. It's factual. It's science, how to build a golfer. I think that's huge.

  Nick Faldo

  Kids, Golf, Thinking

  "Interview: Nick Faldo on Rory McIlroy, golf's youth revolution and why the Americans struggle at the Ryder Cup". Interview with Joel Beall, www.golfdigest.com. September 22, 2016.

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• That's the most important thing for me in TV, telling the story to as many people as we can.

  Nick Faldo

  People, Important, Stories

  "Interview: Nick Faldo on Rory McIlroy, golf's youth revolution and why the Americans struggle at the Ryder Cup". Interview with Joel Beall, www.golfdigest.com. September 22, 2016.

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• You've got a fairly good idea as to what the questions are going to be. But how to record the best answer is another matter.

  Nick Faldo

  Golf, Ideas, Records

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• He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity.

  Nick Faldo

  Sports, Golf, Long

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• You have to get lucky. Whether that's a good captain's pick, or two rookies combining for five points, if you get that, those are points you really aren't expecting.

  Nick Faldo

  Two, Lucky, Rookies

  Source: www.golfdigest.com

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• One thing America hasn't had is good partnership.

  Nick Faldo

  America, Partnership, One Thing

  "Interview: Nick Faldo on Rory McIlroy, golf's youth revolution and why the Americans struggle at the Ryder Cup". Interview with Joel Beall, www.golfdigest.com. September 22, 2016.

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• It's not a British attitude to dedicate yourself to such an extent as he [Wilkinson] does... He is such a dedicated so-and-so who only thinks about booting it over the posts

  Nick Faldo

  Attitude, Thinking, Doe

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• My time with my family is a priority.

  Nick Faldo

  Priorities, My Family, My Time

  "The Observer Learning to smile" by Nick Greenslade, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2007.

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