Dan Jenkins Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“My aunt got me interested in journalism - she found an old typewriter, had it worked over, put it on the dining room table, gave me a stack of paper and said, 'Play like you're a writer.'”

“The key to any good sports story is identifying the defining moment. In football games or a boxing match, it's usually pretty obvious. But in golf, sometimes it happens on Thursday. Usually it's Sunday, but guys who don't know the game, they can miss it.”

“I like to be entertained, not smothered with 'literary' riddles.”

“I think a great athlete transcends eras.”

“I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.”

“My real heroes have always been sportswriters.”

“Presidents are nice people. They're nice, fun-loving people who have great jobs.”

“Putting is not an art, it's a dreaded evil. No wise man ever said that.”

“Real golf is the 20 million people who play once a week or once a month.”

“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.”