It sucks getting old. by John Daly

It sucks getting old.

John Daly

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The only way I'll ever make the Ryder Cup team is when I become captain; then I can name myself to the team.

team names golf

I don't care what anybody says. The first tournament is not the hardest one to win. It's always the second one.

care winning firsts

Granted, I could go out and lose everything (by) gambling and drinking, but there's no sense in denying it. It's in my blood.

gambling drinking blood

Stories match the way our species thinks. Equally important, stories are something we share - everyone everywhere tells stories and oddly enough, in the same way. It all probably started around some campfire a million years ago.

important years thinking

Well, it's a tie and jacket and I just don't travel with one, ... You're not going to put a coat and tie on me for dinner. I'm just being honest. Plus, the wives can't go and I'd rather see the wives be able to go instead of just all the guys. That makes it fun.

wife ties fun

All four days I didn't think. I just hit. Squeaky (Medlen, his ca... by John Daly

All four days I didn't think. I just hit. Squeaky (Medlen, his caddy) said 'kill' and I killed it.

four golf thinking

I know there's a lot of guys who would love to see me fail. Well,... by John Daly

I know there's a lot of guys who would love to see me fail. Well, good. Let 'em. I'm glad.

ems failing guy

General personal principle: You are generally successful to the degree others want you to succeed. So get adopted! And, even more importantly, it's amazing how much you can get done when you let other people take credit for it.

done successful people

Ideas really do matter. But in any organization a good idea will only go so far unless its proponents are willing to fight the political games to get the idea adopted.

fighting organization ideas

He's tough (Tiger Woods). I wish I was that tough when I was his... by John Daly

He's tough (Tiger Woods). I wish I was that tough when I was his age.

age wish golf

Whether I'm shooting 10-under or 10-over I have to realize people have come a long way to see me play. I can't be back-handing putts.

play long people

Real freedom will come when U.S. soldiers in Iraq turn their guns... by John Daly

Real freedom will come when U.S. soldiers in Iraq turn their guns on their superiors.

iraq gun real

Everybody goes through divorces. There's millions of people that have drinking problems. There's people that their weight goes up and down, just like mine. It's just life. And I think people relate to that. I really do.

divorce drinking thinking

Nobody can know what's in my heart. Nobody can know what I'm thin... by John Daly

Nobody can know what's in my heart. Nobody can know what I'm thinking. I know what I've got to do.

my-heart heart thinking

In some organizations, it is easy to say mistakes are okay when in truth it is a zero-defect organization. You will be remembered more for your mistakes than your successes in those organizations.

zero organization mistake

[The greatest barriers to forming alliances] are not figuring out what would make others want to join with you. Assuming that what excites you excites others. Spend more time assuming people have good reasons for what they do or say and then figure out those good reasons.

alliances want people

You're playing competitive, and it's always better to play four competitive rounds than it is two because you sit there for a weekend and then you start all over again.

weekend play two

Idea-Advocacy Matrix highlights a couple of things: that good ideas need to be "sold" if they are ever going to see the light of day and bad ideas sometimes do quite well because of the skills of the proponent to sell them.

couple skills ideas

It's been a long time since I played that well in the first round of this tournament, i still feel like I got somewhat of the length to play somewhat long golf courses. Not like some of the guys, but I just hit it in good positions and I left John Daly those six or seven pins that were back that I left John Daly good uphill putts.

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Herm Edwards's just the most positive human being in the world, no matter what happens, everything's positive. Me and( fellow player) Tommy Gainey were talking about it. We would like to go see him speak somewhere, just to get fired up.

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