Latest Arnold Palmer Quotes from Interviews

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• The fans motivated me. They gave me the incentive to want to play and to want to win and to continue to play as my career progressed. They were never a distraction.

  Arnold Palmer

  Winning, Play, Careers

  "An Interview with the king of golf before the 38th Arnold Palmer Invitational". Golf Content Network Interview, golfcontentnetwork.com. March 16, 2016.

• I enjoyed the fans thoroughly, and they were always helpful. They were the reason that I tried so hard over the years.

  Arnold Palmer

  Years, Fans, Helpful

• I've drawn a lot of inspiration from people who have supported me, golfers who have helped me. If it wasn't for the game of golf I'd probably be mowing the greens back in Latrobe.

  Arnold Palmer

  Inspiration, Golf, Games

  "An Interview with the king of golf before the 38th Arnold Palmer Invitational". Golf Content Network Interview, golfcontentnetwork.com. March 16, 2016.

• Phil [Mickelson] has done a great job. He's a great player and he's conducted himself very well through the years. He's been a good ambassador for the game. He hasn't won in a while, but he still has time, and it wouldn't surprise me if he won again.

  Arnold Palmer

  Jobs, Player, Years

• I think the people I have met have meant a great deal to me, more than any shot I ever hit. I will always remember some golf shots, but others I would like to forget.

  Arnold Palmer

  Golf, Thinking, People

  "An Interview with the king of golf before the 38th Arnold Palmer Invitational". Golf Content Network Interview, golfcontentnetwork.com. March 16, 2016.

• I think, first of all, I'm very proud of Sam Saunders in general. I am happy to see him playing well and his performance has been good. He is coming on as I hoped he would at this stage of his life.He is a fine young man as well as a fine golfer. He is doing things the right way.

  Arnold Palmer

  Men, Thinking, Proud

• As for 1994 [ U.S. Open], I didn't do very well, but it was a great occasion for me even though I was not playing the way I had hoped. And it was obviously a very emotional day that last day, but it was a great memory for me and I have had a lot of great memories at Oakmont over the years.

  Arnold Palmer

  Memories, Emotional, Years

• I stopped playing in the Masters in 2004, I stopped playing in the Par-3 [Contest], and now it's time to end this part of my Masters career. I would love to go on doing it forever, but I don't have the physical capability to hit the shot the way I would want to hit it. So I'll have to be content to watch.

  Arnold Palmer

  Careers, Forever, Watches

  "An Interview with the king of golf before the 38th Arnold Palmer Invitational". Golf Content Network Interview, golfcontentnetwork.com. March 16, 2016.

• We have a great field and I'm very happy about that. It's a tough time of year as it gets closer to the Masters, but I'm appreciative of the players who are here, and I'm expecting a great week.

  Arnold Palmer

  Player, Years, Tough Times

  "INTERVIEWSAn Interview with the king of golf before the 38th Arnold Palmer Invitational". Golf Content Network Interview, golfcontentnetwork.com. March 16, 2016.

• I am so pleased with my golf course. I am to say that it's the best I've ever seen it - without equivocation.

  Arnold Palmer

  Golf, Golf Course, Courses

• I remember what a thrill it was to attend my first Champions Dinner. Just being in the same room with some of the guys I had admired growing up and to be there because I had won The Masters was quite an honor. I still attend the dinner every year and it is one of the highlights of my time at Augusta during Masters week.

  Arnold Palmer

  Growing Up, Years, Guy

  "Interview: Arnold Palmer talks Bay Hill, Rory McIlroy and the Masters". Interview with Ryan Ballengee, sports.yahoo.com. March 28, 2015.

• Many people don't know that I experienced a blood clot caused by deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, which is when a blood clot forms in a deep vein in the body, often the leg or thigh. I'm fortunate that my DVT was diagnosed and treated before it led to something even more serious and that's why I encourage people to talk to their doctor if they think something is wrong. I've teamed up with Janssen Pharmaceuticals to raise awareness about blood clot prevention and treatment.

  Arnold Palmer

  Thinking, Doctors, Blood

  "Interview: Arnold Palmer talks Bay Hill, Rory McIlroy and the Masters". Interview with Ryan Ballengee, sports.yahoo.com. March 28, 2015.

• When I was playing in a junior tournament one time, I missed a short putt and threw my putter into the trees. I went on to win the tournament and later, instead of my dad congratulating me, he told me that if I ever threw a club again, I'd never play in another golf tournament. I haven't thrown a club since.

  Arnold Palmer

  Dad, Golf, Winning

  "Interview: Arnold Palmer talks Bay Hill, Rory McIlroy and the Masters". Interview with Ryan Ballengee, sports.yahoo.com. March 28, 2015.

• I still enjoy what I do. I haven't been playing much golf and none since I dislocated my shoulder, but I come to the office every day.

  Arnold Palmer

  Golf, Office, Shoulders

  "Interview: Arnold Palmer talks Bay Hill, Rory McIlroy and the Masters". Interview with Ryan Ballengee, sports.yahoo.com. March 28, 2015.

• I am against making golf courses obsolete, going to the national Open and playing half the holes with a one-iron.

  Arnold Palmer

  Golf, Iron, Half

• For years I did take my time, but that was because I hated waiting to hit shots - I adopted a pace where I didn't have to stand by my ball and wait.

  Arnold Palmer

  Years, Waiting, Balls

• I think today's athletes generally are spoiled by what's happened to salaries, but I also think that golfers have maintained the best demeanor of any sport.

  Arnold Palmer

  Sports, Athlete, Thinking

  "Golf Magazine Interview: Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus". Originally ran in the May, 1994, issue of Golf Magazine, www.golf.com. April 28, 2012.

• If the athlete is fair with the press, he deserves fairness back.

  Arnold Palmer

  Athlete, Fairness, Fairs

  "Golf Magazine Interview: Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus". Originally ran in the May, 1994, issue of Golf Magazine, www.golf.com. April 28, 2012.

• The game is so fantastic, and people who get into it love it so much...I'd be pleased with that. There's no game like it.

  Arnold Palmer

  Games, People, Fantastic

  Source: kellysgolfhistory.blogspot.com

• I have won the Australian, I won the British, all PGA championships, but I haven't won the PGA championship.

  Arnold Palmer

  Championship, British, Havens

  Source: kellysgolfhistory.blogspot.com

• When you get into competition and get under pressure, and get over that ball and are looking at it, and know you have to hit it, it is having that system to depend on to get that ball to where you want it to be.

  Arnold Palmer

  Competition, Balls, Want

  Source: kellysgolfhistory.blogspot.com

• I talk to golfers, I talk to my grand kids about their game, and tell them to develop a system, Now, when they're young. And if they develop that system, it will be the crutch they need to be good. To know that system and make it work for you, know what it is and make it work.

  Arnold Palmer

  Kids, Games, Needs

  Source: kellysgolfhistory.blogspot.com

• I never met a winner who had a work ethic. Not somebody who says I have so much talent that naturally I won.

  Arnold Palmer

  Work Ethic, Ethics, Talent

  Source: kellysgolfhistory.blogspot.com

• Winning is a drive, it's a thing that you feel like when I go to bed at night I go to sleep.

  Arnold Palmer

  Sleep, Winning, Night

  Source: kellysgolfhistory.blogspot.com

• First time I met Jack [Nicholas ] I had heard about his golf and prowess - I was playing in the Ohio amateur.

  Arnold Palmer

  Golf, Ohio, Firsts

  Source: kellysgolfhistory.blogspot.com