"That loss was to breed an independence,..." - Quote by Gary Player
That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.
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“The player who expects a lesson to 'take' without subsequent practice just isn't being honest with himself or fair to his professional.”
“Golf asks something of a man. It makes one loathe mediocrity. It seems to say, "If you are going to keep company with me, don't embarrass me.”
“The closer you can live to being a vegetarian the better.”
More on Adversity
“Maman used to say that you can always find something to be happy about. In my prison, when the sky turned red and a new day slipped into my cell, I found out that she was right.”
“Our worst foes are not belligerent circumstances, but wavering spirits.”
“A state of war or anarchy, in which law has little force, is so far valuable, that it puts every man on trial. The man of principle is known as such, and even in the fury of faction is respected.”
More on Resilience
“I am like a wounded animal in a remote isolated place - How wonderful! - How happy!”
“The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment unpaid loss, and unpayable. But the sure years reveal the deep remedial force that underlies all facts.”
“Repression does for a true man or a nation what fire does for gold.”