Golf has humbled, humiliated, and just about licked all the great athletes who tried it.
Good guys are a dime a dozen, but an aggressive leader is priceless.
You don't develop good teeth by eating mush.
The champion makes his own luck.
The essence of the game is not "fun," but the soul-satisfying awareness that comes from communal work and sacrifice.
There never was a champion who to himself was a good loser. There's a vast difference between a good sport and a good loser.