Grantland Rice
Grantland Rice
Henry Grantland Ricewas an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth1 November 1880
CountryUnited States of America
heart wrestling ifs
Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.
trust exercise men
Depend upon yourself. Make your judgement trustworthy by trusting it. You can develop good judgement as you do the muscles of your body - by judicious, daily exercise. To be known as a man of sound judgement will be much in your favor.
stories able lost
It's not whether you won or lost, but how many bad-beat stories you were able to tell.
practice rooms lawyer
I await the hour when a journalist can be driven from the press room for venal practices, as a minister can be unfrocked, or a lawyer disbarred.
motivational sports stars
There are many stars and a few super-stars in sport. There are champions who bag a coronet now and then, and there are others who dominate some game year after year. In other words there are Bobby Jones and Helen Wills.
score servant
I am the servant of my score.
golf play perfect
This is the substance of our Plot-For those who play the Perfect Shot, There are ten thousand who do not.
golf miracle type
There is no type of miracle that can't happen at least once in golf.
golf three championship
There are three types of golf: golf, tournament golf and Major championship golf.
golf simple self
Because golf exposes the flaws of the human swing - a basically simple maneuver - it causes more self-torture than any game short of Russian roulette.
dream father son
Every father who ever lived has a dream for his son.
golf lifetime
Few learn golf in a lifetime.
summer running country
Play ball! Means something more than runs Or pitches thudding into gloves! Remember through the summer suns This is the game your country loves.
golf swings dandelions
Rhythm is best expressed in any swing directed at a cigar stump or a dandelion head.