Quotes from Rick Reilly

A man is more than his failings.

There's never been a finer man in American sports than John Wooden, or a finer coach.

Golf is the cruelest game, because eventually it will drag you out in front of the whole school, take your lunch money and slap you around.

Golf is the cruelest game, because eventually it will drag you out in front of the whole school, take your lunch money and slap you around.

He exaggerates his golf scores and his handicap for the same reason he exaggerates everything. He has to. He exhibits all the traits of a narcissistic personality disorder. People with his disorder have no conscience about it. He has no sense of morality about things. He lacks empathy towards others. He's a very ill man. He doesn't get that other people have rights and feelings. Other people just don't matter to him.

If Every-day People Could Use Athletes' Excuses (Surgeon, after patient dies: "I don't know. I just came out a little flat. You can't get hyped up every single day.")

than 3,500 lawsuits in his life. That's almost 50 lawsuits a year, since birth.

THE BIG LIE

Not only that, if he double-bogeyed out, he'd break 100, which would be on a par with a lobster climbing out of the tank at Jimmy's Seafood Grill, taking the stage and whistling the entire score of Cats. "Gentlemen, we

If a caddy can help you, you don't know how to play golf. —DAN JENKINS

his son, Eric, who, in 2014, told golf writer James Dodson, "We don't rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.… We've got some guys that really, really love golf, and they're really invested in our programs. We just go there all the time.

when 17 people were murdered at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, Trump wanted teachers to start packing guns in class.

If you'll cheat to win at golf, is it that much further to cheat to win an election? To turn a Congressional vote? To stop an investigation? If you'll lie about every aspect of the game, is it that much further to lie about your taxes, your relationship with Russians, your groping of women? If you're adamant that the poor don't deserve golf, is it that much further to think they don't deserve health care, clean air, safe schools?

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

According to USA Today, as of mid-2016, Trump had been part of more

I love caddies because caddies will tell you the truth and use very few words doing it.

Paula Creamer). It was one of those speed paintings. You

I was a terrible Sugar Babies addict, so I had more cavities than the surface of the moon.

Never let anyone tell you sports doesn't matter. Never let them tell you it's all about the wins, the losses and the stats. Sports is so much more than that.

I write the story that nobody reads. Someday, I'm going to write it in German to see if anyone notices.

Maybe I'm just getting old, but I remember when your average NFL player would come to the sideline, spit out three bicuspids, Scotch-tape his humerus together and get back out there.

The best thing to ever happen to marriage is the pause-live-TV button.