--- title: "10 Who Quotes By Dan Jenkins" description: "10 Who quotes by Dan Jenkins. Plus more from Dan Jenkins and more Who sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/dan-jenkins-3942_great_presidents-are-nice-people-they-re-nice_1758506.png" --- > [Presidents are nice people. They're nice, fun-loving people who have great jobs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/presidents-are-nice-people-they-re-nice-fun-loving-people-who-have/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/dan-jenkins-3942_great_presidents-are-nice-people-they-re-nice_1758506.png) > [Players don't usually like anybody who makes more money than they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/players-don-t-usually-like-anybody-who-makes-more-money-than-they-do/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/dan-jenkins-3942_anybody_players-don-t-usually-like-anybody-who-m_515086.png) > [Real golf is the 20 million people who play once a week or once a month.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/real-golf-is-the-20-million-people-who-play-once-a-week-or-once-a/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/dan-jenkins-3942_golf_real-golf-is-the-20-million-people-who-p_3186811.png) > [I don't suppose anybody's ever enjoyed being who they are more than Arnold's enjoyed being Arnold Palmer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/i-don-t-suppose-anybody-s-ever-enjoyed-being-who-they-are-more-than/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/dan-jenkins-3942_anybody_i-don-t-suppose-anybody-s-ever-enjoyed-b_2427709.png) > [The key to any good sports story is identifying the defining moment. In football games or a boxing match, it's usually pretty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/the-key-to-any-good-sports-story-is-identifying-the-defining-moment/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/dan-jenkins-3942_any_the-key-to-any-good-sports-story-is-iden_3015849.jpg) > [The recreational golfer who gives it careful thought will conclude that the favorite golf hole in his life played downhill, gradually or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/the-recreational-golfer-who-gives-it-careful-thought-will-conclude/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/dan-jenkins-3942_careful_the-recreational-golfer-who-gives-it-car_1117922.png) > [Something mystical happens to every writer who goes to the Masters for the first time, some sort of emotional experience that results…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/something-mystical-happens-to-every-writer-who-goes-to-the-masters/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56d/dan-jenkins-3942_emotional_something-mystical-happens-to-every-writ_2880247.png) > [You can't have a U.S. Open anymore without an extra course to store all the hospitality tents. I used to be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/you-can-t-have-a-u-s-open-anymore-without-an-extra-course-to-store/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/dan-jenkins-3942_able_you-can-t-have-a-u-s-open-anymore-withou_1418784.png) > [The greatly anticipated 2009 Masters was like going to a Broadway hit and finding out that the star, Sir Tiger Woods, was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/the-greatly-anticipated-2009-masters-was-like-going-to-a-broadway-hit/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/dan-jenkins-3942_anticipated_the-greatly-anticipated-2009-masters-was_2816286.png) > [When I was a lad in my 20s, as carefree and debonair as any other underpaid newspaperman, I happened to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/when-i-was-a-lad-in-my-20s-as-carefree-and-debonair-as-any-other/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/009/dan-jenkins-3942_adventurous_when-i-was-a-lad-in-my-20s-as-carefree-a_1800393.png) ## Other authors on Who ## More by Dan Jenkins > [My aunt got me interested in journalism - she found an old typewriter, had it worked over, put it on the dining room table,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/my-aunt-got-me-interested-in-journalism-she-found-an-old-typewriter/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) > [You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense of history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/you-count-a-man-s-u-s-amateur-titles-after-he-starts-winning/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) > [Golf was never a religion to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/golf-was-never-a-religion-to-me/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) > [If a caddie can help you, you don't know how to play golf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/if-a-caddie-can-help-you-you-don-t-know-how-to-play-golf/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) > [There was a time when caddies couldn't wear shorts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/there-was-a-time-when-caddies-couldn-t-wear-shorts/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) > [The Masters, while it has slowly gained equal importance as a major, isn't really the championship of anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/the-masters-while-it-has-slowly-gained-equal-importance-as-a-major/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) > [Lonnie says it doesn't take long to write a song if you're stricken with a severe case of the Tennysons. He wasn't necessarily talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/lonnie-says-it-doesn-t-take-long-to-write-a-song-if-you-re-stricken/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) > [If you're a friend or a relative of George Herbert Walker Bush, Prez 41, or George W. Bush, Prez 43, or any other Bushes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/if-you-re-a-friend-or-a-relative-of-george-herbert-walker-bush-prez/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) > [There are no Dave Marrs anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/there-are-no-dave-marrs-anymore/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) > [I just come from a school where you have to win something to be accepted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/i-just-come-from-a-school-where-you-have-to-win-something-to-be/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) > [There have been so many great tournaments that I've been privileged to see, and people paid me to go watch, that I'm awfully grateful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/there-have-been-so-many-great-tournaments-that-i-ve-been-privileged/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) > [Until Sammy Baugh - pro football in Texas was a one-paragraph story on the third page of the Monday sports section.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/until-sammy-baugh-pro-football-in-texas-was-a-one-paragraph-story-on/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) > [Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/historians-tell-us-that-a-gentleman-named-john-ball-once-captured/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) > [Who is the best the sportswriter who wore shorts? I keep trying to envision Grantland Rice or John Lardner in shorts. It never occurred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/who-is-the-best-the-sportswriter-who-wore-shorts-i-keep-trying-to/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) > [High school golf, college golf and the decade that followed all come back to me now as one big raucous, goofy gangsome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-jenkins/high-school-golf-college-golf-and-the-decade-that-followed-all-come/) [Dan Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-jenkins/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/who/dan-jenkins/#itemlist", "name": "10 Who Quotes By Dan Jenkins", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Presidents are nice people. 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