Things don't change, but by and by our wishes change.
Marcel ProustRead
If I was the Jackie Robinson of golf, I sure didn't do a very good job of it. Jackie was followed by hundreds of great black ballplayers who have transformed their sport... But there are hardly any black kids coming up through the ranks of golf today.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Charlie Sifford reflects on the lack of diversity in golf compared to other sports, indicating a need for change in the golf community.
In this quote, Charlie Sifford draws a parallel between his own experiences as a pioneering Black golfer and Jackie Robinson's impact in baseball. He highlights the significant strides that Robinson made in breaking racial barriers and how, despite his contributions, the world of golf still lacks the representation and opportunities for young Black athletes, suggesting a continued need for progress and change in the sport.
Themes
GolfDiversityChangeOpportunityRepresentation
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a discussion about diversity in sports at a youth sports conference.
Similar quotes
Change is the sum of the universe, and what is of nature ought not to be feared. But one gives it hostages, and lays one's grief upon the gods. Sokrates is free, and would have taught me freedom. But I have yoked the immortal horse that draws the chariot with a horse of earth; and when the one falls, both are entangled in the traces.
Mary RenaultRead
Every one of us is called upon, perhaps many times, to start a new life. A frightening diagnosis, a marriage, a move, loss of a job...And onward full-tilt we go, pitched and wrecked and absurdly resolute, driven in spite of everything to make good on a new shore. To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another--that is surely the basic instinct...Crying out: High tide! Time to move out into the glorious debris. Time to take this life for what it is.
Barbara KingsolverRead
In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we are to resolve the serious problems that afflict and impede us.
Margaret J. WheatleyRead
While law-abiding Muslims are forced to hide in their homes, and animal-rights activists are labeled as terrorists for undercover filming of abusive treatment at factory farms, right-wing hate groups are free to organize, parade, arm themselves to the hilt and murder with chilling regularity. It’s time for our society to confront this very real threat.
Amy GoodmanRead
To exist is to adapt, and if one could not adapt, one died and made room for those who could.
Louis L'AmourRead