Johnny Miller Quotes

#1. If you don't like my announcing, you don't like me.

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#2. Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.

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#3. It's not so much what you accomplish in life that really matters, but what you overcome that proves who you are, what you are, and whether you are a champion.

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#4. In golf, 'close' is like the north and south rim of the Grand Canyon.

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#5. Every day I try to tell myself that this is going to be fun today. I try to put myself in a great frame of mind before I go out - then I screw it up with the first shot.

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#6. Most announcers play pattycake, pattycake with the players they're covering.

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#7. The mental aspect of golf is what makes golf such a great sport.

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#8. I played so bad, I got a get-well card from the IRS.

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#9. Match play really exposes your character and how much of a will to win you have in your heart.

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#10. When Nicklaus plays wells well, he wins. When he plays badly, he finishes second. When he plays terribly, he finishes third.

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#11. I don't want to brag, but I do more homework on the course than any other announcer. I chart the greens to get all the breaks. I walk down into the greenside bunkers. I walk into the fairway bunkers to see whether a player can reach the green from them.

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#12. Pebble is a piece of sacred ground. They say it's the greatest meeting of land and water in the world. This course was heaven designed - just the way it fits on the land.

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#13. Nobody ever heard Jack Nicklaus say 'I don't know' about anything.

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#14. Look, I'm not trying to be critical when I'm on the air.

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#15. It's not what you accomplish in life that matters; it's what you overcome.

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#16. If I had been in the gallery, I'd have gone home.

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#17. Seve wore his emotions on his sleeve. You could see how much the guy cared about winning.

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#18. If you are a bad putter, you will not make a putt. If you have a tendency to chili-dip wedges, you'll be chili-dipping them all over the place for sure. Whatever your weakness, it will come up in spades during the Ryder Cup.

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#19. I don't think anywhere is there a symbiotic relationship between caddie and player like there is in golf.

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#20. Sports are 90% inspiration and 10% perspiration.

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#21. Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good.

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#22. For me, 'choking' is just another term in golf.

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#23. There are plenty of guys who played great golf, had great careers and only won a few majors.

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#24. The dollars aren't so important ... once you have them.

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