Dan Jenkins quotes

The golf ball has no sense at all, which is why it has to be given stern lectures constantly, especially during the act of putting. (Dan Jenkins)
The devoted golfer is an anguished soul who has learned a lot about putting just as an avalanche victim has learned a lot about snow. View quote
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In a story, you have to have a theme and an angle, you have to have a beginning, middle and an end. You have to have a defining moment and kick it to death. You gotta be able to recognize that, by the way. It probably takes experience. View quote
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A sportswriter's life means never sitting with your wife or family at the games. Still working after everyone has gone to the party... Digging beneath a coach's lies, not to forget those of athletic directors and general managers and owners of pro teams. Keeping a confidence. Risking it. View quote
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There have been so many great moments in golf that you even forget some of them. View quote
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I quickly discovered that trying to go play golf while living in Manhattan was about as easy as trying to grab a taxi while standing out in front of Saks Fifth Avenue in the freezing rain on the last shopping day before Christmas. View quote
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When I was a lad in my 20s, as carefree and debonair as any other underpaid newspaperman, I happened to be a golfer who could flirt with par fairly often, and I was adventurous enough in those days to play any known or unknown thief who showed up at Goat Hills for whatever amount he fancied. View quote
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Being a club pro and all, a guy trying to keep up with golf's modern technology, I hadn't found much time for Internet dating, but then one day I knew I'd met the girl of my dreams when she replied to a comment I'd made on You-and-Me.com. She said, 'I love it when you talk equipment to me.' View quote
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Here's all I know about Dubai: It's one of those somewhere-over-there places where they make sand. View quote
Dan Jenkins

Dan Jenkins

Occupation: American Author
Born: December 2, 1929
Died: March 7, 2019
Quotes count: 9

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