A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.

- Grantland Rice

I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning.

- Grantland Rice

You are meant to play the ball as it lies, a fact that may help to touch on your own objective approach to life.

- Grantland Rice

Depend upon yourself. Make your judgement trustworthy by trusting it. You can develop good judgement as you do the muscles of your body - by judiciou…

- Grantland Rice

When One Great Scorer comes to write against your name, He marks, not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.

- Grantland Rice

Fate only picks on the cowards and quitters, So give 'em both barrels - and aim for the eyes.

- Grantland Rice

There are many stars and a few super-stars in sport. There are champions who bag a coronet now and then, and there are others who dominate some game …

- Grantland Rice

Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.

- Grantland Rice

Like life, golf can be humbling. However, little good comes from brooding about mistakes we've made. The next shot, in golf or in life, is the big on…

- Grantland Rice