Coaches Hot Seat Quotes of the Day – Saturday, July 21, 2012 – Bobby Jones
Coaches Hot Seat Quotes of the Day – Saturday, July 21, 2012 – Bobby Jones
Robert Tyre Jones, Jr retired from golf in 1930, at the age of 28, still an amateur, having just won the Grand Slam. Grantland Rice wrote of him:
“One might as well attempt to describe the smoothness of the wind as to paint a clear picture of his complete swing. A consummate gentleman, he also possessed wit, a temper and a keen intellect, and all of these are evident in his many insights into golf and life.”
And
“Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots – but you have to play the ball where it lies.”
And
“Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course…the space between your ears.”
And
“It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize it.”
