Tony Lema Quotes

#1. Let's see, I think I right now I'm third in the money-winning and first in money-spending.

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#2. If I had to cram all my tournament experience into one sentence, I would say, Don't give up and don't let up!

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#3. Don't take your bad shots home with you.

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#4. The man who runs from his office to the golf club, gulps a sandwich, belches and races to the first tee has no business howling in anguish when he puts his first two shots in the woods, then tops a 3-iron shot into the pond.

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#5. In choosing a partner, always pick the optimist.

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#6. From its earliest beginnings, golf has been a gentleman's game - to be played as much for the sake of the game as for the contest.

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#7. I feel like I'm back visiting an old grandmother. She's crotchety and eccentric, but also elegant, and anyone who doesn't fall in love with her has no imagination.

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#8. It isn't the hours that you put in at practice that count. It's the way you spend those minutes.

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#9. The less said about the putter the better. Here is an instrument of torture, designed by Tantalus and forged in the devil's own smithy.

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#10. Golf is like solitaire. When you cheat, you only cheat yourself.

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#11. The best advice I can give for playing a ball out of water is - don't.

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#12. You build a golf game like you build a wall, one brick at a time.

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#13. A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing.

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#14. After a golfer has been out on the circuit for a while he learns how to handle his dating so that it doesn't interfere with his golf. The first rule usually is no woman-chasing after Wednesday.

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