Ken Venturi Quotes

#1. My father always said excuses are the crutches for the untalented.

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#2. I couldn't say my own name when I was 12.

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#3. My father taught me that the easiest thing to do was to quit. He'd say, 'It doesn't take any talent to do that.'

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#4. Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.

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#5. When my father spoke, it was to say something meaningful.

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#6. The hardest thing in golf is trying to two-putt when you have to, because your brain isn't wired that way. You're accustomed to trying to make putts, and when you change that mind-set, your brain short-circuits, especially under pressure.

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#7. My father was a man of few words.

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#8. I began seeing my wife, Kathleen, while I was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.

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#9. Art said he wanted to get more distance. I told him to hit it and run backward.

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#10. There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.

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#11. You can't make good scores happen. You've got to let it happen.

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#12. The greatest gift in life is to be remembered.

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#13. All of us have an 'inner clock,' a certain pace at which we function most comfortably and effectively.

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#14. I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

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#15. People thought I was cocky because I didn't talk much. When I first turned pro, reporters asked me who was going to win. I'd say, 'I am' because it was the easier than giving some long, drawn-out answer.

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#16. Retirement isn't so bad. Give me a tall drink, a plush sofa and a rerun of 'Matlock,' and you can have the rest. Matlock is my hero. He never loses.

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#17. After you have the basics down it's all mental.

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#18. Sometimes you try to make it happen instead of just letting it happen.

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#19. All of my decisions I made when I was a kid were decisions, would my mother and father be proud of.

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#20. I had a terrible stammering problem when I was young, and as a result I spent a lot of time alone.

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