Didrikson Quotes

#1. The biggest weakness with my game is that I have fun with the galleries. I just love a gallery.

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#2. If you win through bad sportsmanship that's no real victory.

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#3. I can beat any two players in this tournament by myself. If I need any help, I'll let you know.

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#4. I came out to beat everybody in sight, and that's just what I'm going to do.

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#5. I just hitch up my girdle and let 'er fly.

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#6. There are no shortcuts to good golf. The better players realize this.

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#7. The more you practice, the better. But in any case, practice more than you play.

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#8. They say golf came easy to me because I was a good athlete, but there's not any girl on the LPGA Tour who worked near as hard as I did in golf. It's the toughest game I ever tackled.

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#9. Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.

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#10. As your golf improves, your concentration will improve with it.

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#11. Loosen your girdle and let er fly!

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#12. It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it.

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#13. I don't seem able to do my best unless I'm behind or in trouble.

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#14. That little white ball won't move until you hit it, and there's nothing you can do after it has gone.

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#15. The Babe is here. Who's coming in second?

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#16. I don't see any point in playing the game if you don't win, do you?

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#17. Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised.

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#18. I expect to play golf until I am 90-even longer if anybody figures out a way to swing a club from a rocking chair.

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#19. I played many sports, but when that golf bug hit me, it was permanent.

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#20. Winning has always meant much to me, but winning friends has meant the most.

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#21. Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.

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#22. The mediocre golfer generally is one who is too lazy to play better.

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#23. My philosophy? Practice, practice, practice and win.

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#24. Golf is a game of coordination, rhythm, and grace; women have these to a high degree.

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#25. Good golf is easier to play-and far more pleasant-than bad golf.

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#26. You can't win them all but you can try.

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#27. All of my life I have always had the urge to do things better than anybody else.

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#28. I couldn't hit an elephant's ass with a bull fiddle.

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#29. The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more concentration.

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#30. There are times when a golfer is tempted to throw her clubs away and forget the whole 'humblin' business.' At other times, she wouldn't trade places with a queen-that's when the shots are long and true, and putts are dropping.

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#31. It's even harder to stay at the top in sports than it is to get there.

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#32. Study the rules so that you won't beat yourself by not knowing something.

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