Men often compete with one another until the day they die; comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders jocularly with a competitor.

Men often compete with one another until the day they die; comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders jocularly with a competitor.

Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same read more

Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.

I'll let the racket do the talking.

I'll let the racket do the talking.

My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.
(explaining read more

My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.
(explaining to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice, 1982)

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their read more

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.

Wrestling is ballet with violence.

Wrestling is ballet with violence.

Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject.
(recounting what he told a player read more

Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject.
(recounting what he told a player who received four F's and one D)

I'll be back.
(five days after being pummeled in his fight with Mike Tyson.)

I'll be back.
(five days after being pummeled in his fight with Mike Tyson.)

There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - read more

There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - the ambassador at the head of the table laying out the prevailing wisdom, but everyone else weighing in with their opinions and taking part.