Ian Poulter Quotes

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Ian Poulter

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 10, 1976

I don't care if someone wants to say something derogatory or spiteful anymore. As I've grown older I've become wiser to the fact that vindictive people take pride in trying to make other people feel bad. I enjoy my life. If someone doesn't like what I do, that's up to them, I really don't care.

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Whatever you want to follow as your passion, it's about having the right mental attitude, having the right focus, following your dream and never wavering from it.

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The good shots are good enough. It's really about managing those mistakes and making sure we have less of them.

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I never got to study psychology after leaving school at 15 but I know how to rationalise things and get the best out of myself.

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I wouldn't change anything about my career. I don't need my legacy to be anything.

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To be able to go to place where friends and family fly in to watch me play, having lots of home support and enjoying Dubai, is always great fun.

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You don't want to let on how hurt you are because some people will see that as a sign of weakness, they might use it against you.

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I have always been confident. I know my own mind, what I'm able to do. I will never sit down and dwell.

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Playing the DP World Tour Championship at the Earth Course is always a great week.

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With Twitter I am in control of whatever it is I want to say.

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I'm stunned at some of the stuff Johnny Miller comes out with sometimes. He is very harsh and frankly I find some of the stuff he sees very disrespectful.

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People don't see how hard you work. People just read the stuff on Twitter. They ask why I wasn't on the range all weekend instead of being at Monaco. You know what? You have to have some balance.

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I wasn't the most talented player as a kid. Whenever I look back at the old footage, I didn't swing it very well and I didn't strike it pretty well, but I managed to score pretty well.

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I have got closer to some of the guys through Twitter. I don't need to name names but I have found I have more of a connection with some players than I did before - not to say that I wasn't friends with them anyway but just that I'm better friends with them now.

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We look at the poor shots and ask why. Then we work on stability and balance. We're always trying to get the club in the little bit better position so we hit fewer poor shots.

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I expect a lot of myself. There is no point turning up if you don't think you can win.

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Rest is key. I need to get the right rest time and family time to stay refreshed. My downtime is for family activity. That's all about there is. I never switch off. Running my day-to-day golf business is a fairly busy one. There's a lot of moving parts and I'm trying to simplify it and make it easier.

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I never had an amateur career; I didn't go to college in America; when I came out on tour nobody knew who I was.

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I'm mad enough not to ever need a sports psychologist, because I really believe in myself.

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I have never needed operations, I have had niggles the same as any other golfer after putting his body through 17 years of travel and a heavy playing schedule. I think I'm actually in pretty good shape considering the amount of hours spent hitting balls and sitting on an aeroplane.

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