Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy quotes

“Golf is the only game in which a precise knowledge of the rules can earn one a reputation for bad sportsmanship.”
-- Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy

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“It seems to me that you can go sauntering along for a certain period, telling the English some interesting things about themselves, and then all at once it feels as if you had stepped on the prongs of a rake.”
-- Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy

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“My back swing off the first tee had put him in mond of an eldery woman of dubious morals trying to struggle out of a dress too tight around the shoulders.”
-- Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy

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“There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.”
-- Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy

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“Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to animals, beloved by children, and fond of music, are found in lonely corners of the downs, hacking at sandpits or tussocks of grass, and muttering in a blind, ungovernable fury elaborate maledictions which could not be extracted from them by robbery or murder. Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game of golf may well be included in that category of intolerable provocations which may legally excuse or mitigate behavior not otherwise excusable.”

“Extremely large greens breed slovenly play. When any green ceases to command respect, it loses its value as a test of that rarest of all strokes, the shot home.”

“Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.”

“No one man is superior to the game.”

“Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t really explain why.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2004). “The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World”, p.305, Simon and Schuster

“There is value in any experience that exercises those ethical restraints collectively called sportsmanship.”

“I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship and fairness and mutual respect.”

“She's learned to listen more and improve different aspects of her game. I'm most proud that she's improved her sportsmanship, her demeanor on the field. She's still working on leadership and that's improving.”

“Have I done more for some today ? Than some have done for me ? If a person can answer yes at the end of a day, then that person has had a good day.”

“When champions fail, they get back up and try again. They don't let failure discourage them.”