David Duval Quotes (18 Quotes)


    I've been number one and number 1,000, but I've hit bottom and I'm coming back up.

    Even when he was 50 to 55, 57, 58, you kept thinking that magic he brings would somehow show up. It really wasn't until he had health problems with his hip and his back that it changed. That's the magic of Jack.

    Duval knows he faces an uphill battle. People talk about the grip change being so hard, but for me that has been the easiest thing, ... The hardest thing has been changing the way I release the club. I'm still not doing that like I want. I still have a tendency to do it the way I used to, and with the grip change, that's not a good mix.

    Confidence is such a fragile and precious thing.

    I played well. I've been playing well for about a month now but just haven't been scoring well. I'm well aware of how I've played over the past few years but I've worked hard and it's good to start a tournament not behind the 8-ball.


    It's seemingly a good golf course. You have to see it in different weather conditions and stuff. It's hard to even comment.

    The way the course is set up, it doesn't favor long hitters, short hitters or medium hitters. It favors good play.

    Are there little steps or small victories involved Sure, I guess. Buy my goal isn't to make cuts. I know I'm playing well enough to win tournaments. It's a matter of staying with it.

    I really don't understand where you are getting. I am sorry. Maybe you are not comfortable with who you are or what you have done. I am 31 years old. I have played, I think, about 10 years as a professional. And with the exception of last year, I never finished worse that 11th on the money list. Tell me what the problem is. Where you derive I'm not driven -- it blows my mind.

    My golf swing is good. Most of my problems were because of injuries that forced me to swing the club differently than I wanted to. Today was one of those days when I got the most out of the round I could.

    We have a busy schedule for hunters, but the square at Pulaski is where a lot of the action will be.

    Despite an injury to his wrist that forced him to miss the four Tour events preceding the Masters, Duval shot a very fit 71-66-70 and then, playing two groups ahead of Sunday's leaders, unreeled seven birdies in the first 10 holes to grab a share of the lead with Woods. Duval, who was in the hunt on Sunday before losing to Vijay Singh at Augusta last year and to O'Meara three years ago, kept track of Woods as best he could. Roars would rattle through the pines, one neighboring rill to another, and frankly, It seemed like a lack of them, ... I was thinking, I'm in it.

    I don't think this answers whether I can get it back. But I still know how to play, how to compete. Standing on that tee, I knew I had to make at least one birdie, if not two. And you can't hit it as good as I did on those holes. The heat was there, and I did it.

    I've been playing well. I finally holed a few putts for a change. I was just trying to make more and more birdies. I'm not one to protect a score. I wanted to keep forcing the issue.

    I played pretty well, but I was just an inch or two off here and there and that really hurt me.

    I'm very aware of how I've played over the last few years. It's nice to have a tournament when I start well.

    It takes a little getting used to, ... My left shoulder was anywhere from 2 to 5 inches ahead of the ball, and that's a recipe for hitting it 100 yards to the right, which I've done. But my body is starting to remember. There's no reason I can't have some success.

    Obviously you can talk about the fact I hadn't played very well for the last year. But I am perfectly content, and believe that I will play like I can play again this year.


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