Annika Sorenstam Quotes

#1. I stay patient. I don't go out there and try to set a course record. That's probably one of my strengths and one reason I've been able to win major championships.

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#2. You just have to try and keep on grinding and hope that things will turn around eventually.

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#3. It's a lot of fun coming out for a practice round and having the crowd behind you and cheering you on (a few) days before the event.

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#4. A lot of people think I am cold and have no feelings. But I do. I just try very hard to focus and not let my emotions take over on the golf course.

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#5. I've learned a lot about my game every time I play golf in a men's event.

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#6. There are no shortcuts to success.

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#7. I think it's important for me to play well and set the tone.

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#8. I love to crunch numbers. I look at how many fairways I hit, how many greens I hit. I plan my way around the golf course.

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#9. I told my caddie today that I am in the position that I want to be in. That this is what I have been waiting for, to win my tenth victory. I said that I am going to do everything that I can do today and that nothing is going to stop me.

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#10. To play well you have to have good balance in your life. Tiger has found that. If you play golf long enough you'll learn that life is more than golf.

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#11. I still get butterflies on the first tee. I still get sweaty hands, and my heart pumps a lot going down the 18th. But I know what winning is all about now, and that's a feeling that I like.

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#12. When I first came on tour, I was playing for money. Now I'm playing to win golf tournaments and the money is more than I ever dreamed I could make.

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#13. I push myself to be the best I can be. I don't worry about what other people are doing, and I don't think about things I can't control.

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#14. I find it flattering to be compared to Tige

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#15. Ron Sirak, a golf writer and friend, was quoted as saying, "Annika is no longer a female golfer. She's a golfer." That's truly all I ever aspired to be.

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#16. On the first tee I kept telling myself, "Trust yourself, you can do it."

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