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“I couldn't say my own name when I was 12.”

— Ken Venturi

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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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The greatest gift in life is to be remembered.

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

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

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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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