"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."
― John Updike
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Sports
More From John Updike
- "A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world."
- "The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it."
- "Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went."
More In Sports
- "When you walk out of your house in the morning, you don’t know what you’re going to see."― Kyle Chandler
- "I’ve been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I’m convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn’t come calling."― Jamie Foxx
- "Seems like most of the kids today are into other sports other than tennis."― Jana Novotna