Grantland Rice Quotes

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt.

It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.

If I have got a swing, I have got a shot.

I'm surprised when the ball doesn't go into the hoop. I think I should make every shot.

Whether I win or not, it won't be down to inexperience and hopefully it won't be down to some sort of mental misjudgment.

It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

If you hit a hole in one every hole, you wouldn’t play golf for very long.

The better I shoot, the less I have to maneuver.

This is a crazy game we play. You're going to have those times you can't get out, and those times where you can do everything right, and the ball does not fall.

Football is a game of opinions, and some people have a great opinion of me, and some people probably think I'm absolutely useless.

Luck is not a business model.

Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for skill.

You can't make a great play until you first do it in practice.

If luck weren't involved, I'd win every tournament!

Golf is a percentage game, and I play the percentages.

Men have learned to shoot without missing their mark and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig.

I know well enough in advance that you'll find my paintings perfect. I know that if they are exhibited they'll be a great success, but I couldn't be more indifferent to it since I know they are bad, I'm certain of it.

Why do you play a game? I play a game to see how good we can be.

I always said that if I have the perfect club then I should play the perfect game.

You write a hit play the same way you write a flop.

Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.

You create your own luck by the way you play. There is no such luck as bad luck. Fate has nothing to do with success or failure, because that is a negative philosophy that indicts one's confidence, and I'll have no part of it.