Athlete Quote by Earl Blaik Download Open image “Golf has humbled, humiliated, and just about licked all the great athletes who tried it.” — Earl Blaik ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Athlete Golf Great athlete Great Athletes Humiliated Sports
Beyond the fact that it is a limitless arena for the full play of human nature, there is no sure accounting for golf's fascination...… — Herbert Wind Copy Share Image
Golf is a diabolical game. It's easy to make fun of something that's so bizarre, so painful, so humiliating... yet so joyous. — Ken Green Copy Share Image
Golf's a gentleman's game. So it's all about integrity and you cheer on other people, and it's kind of different from other sports where… — Paige Spiranac Copy Share Image
I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course. — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
Golf is a funny game. It's done much for health, and at the same time has ruined people by robbing them of their peace… — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
Golf acts as a corrective against sinful pride. I attribute the insane arrogance of the later Roman Emperors almost entirely to the fact that,… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
Being the world's greatest athlete just does not get it done on the golf course. — Caitlyn Jenner Copy Share Image
Like one's own children, golf has an uncanny way of endearing itself to us while at the same time evoking every weakness of mind… — Timothy Gallwey Copy Share Image
“Of all the recreational activities of man, golf had to be the stupidest. The massive effort to beat nature into submission--daily moving, watering, and… — Maggie Thrash Copy Share Image
The essence of the game is not "fun," but the soul-satisfying awareness that comes from communal work and sacrifice. — Earl Blaik Copy Share Image
There never was a champion who to himself was a good loser. There's a vast difference between a good sport and a good loser. — Earl Blaik Copy Share Image
As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think… — Oscar De La Hoya Copy Share Image
I'd noticed him watching me for a year or so, especially when we'd play games where there was running or jumping. — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
I have no physical genius about me. I can't dribble a ball and run at the same time, I can't do lay-ups - I'm… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run… — Harbhajan Singh Copy Share Image
I think what bothers us about fighting sports isn't the damage to the athlete but the fact that you win by doing more harm… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed… — Nigel Mansell Copy Share Image
I'd never been much of an athlete, due to a physical condition I'd had since birth (unathleticism). Perhaps if there were a sport centered… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
