121 Quotes by Tom Watson

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    He had obvious symptoms for almost a year before the diagnosis. Bruce knew he was in trouble when he went into a bar one time, ordered a drink and the guy said, 'I'm not serving you, you're drunk.' That woke him up.

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    We've got to teach parents to expect their children to go on to college. There's a culture here of manufacturing. And we need manufacturing jobs. But we need a higher level of education to attract better jobs.

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    Golfers who play a lot of courses often encounter short ledges or retaining walls, and I always had fun hopping down from them. I could jump off something six feet high and land like a cat, no problem. Well, today I can't jump off anything higher than two feet without it just killing me.

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    We lost the man in body but we didn't lose him in spirit. So I'm relying on his spirit to take care of me.

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    I admire Jack for many things, but especially for the way he always treated our relationship. Jack was never mean in any sense of the word -- there was no meanness in him. So at St. Andrews, coming up the last hole with him, it all hit me: the kind of man he is, the battles we had, and especially, that this was the end. . . . That was very emotional.

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    He just keeps on winning. He's got a perfect body for a golf swing. When he's got his swing under control, he's always the man to beat out here. He's so accurate. I don't see him slowing down too much. He's amazing. He's 60, but he's going to continue to win.

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    Hale has dominated this tour. Probably the only reason I came out of last year as Player of the Year was because Irwin's back went out on him at the U.S. open and he couldn't play for a while. He's the cream of the crop out here.

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    Recycling can be expensive for small businesses. There are usually ways they can do it, but for some businesses it's unrealistic.

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    That's what I'm out here to do. Compete and win. It makes the winter months a whole lot better.

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