Charlie Sifford Quotes

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.

Charlie Sifford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 2, 1922 - February 3, 2015

Topics

GoodTodayGreatJobBlackGolf

Life is a balance of fear and overcoming it.

Jimmy Iovine

LifeFearBalanceOvercoming

One area I have a huge amount of trouble in is writing about myself. I get a heavy, almost depressed feeling.

Jennifer Egan

MyselfWritingFeelingTroubleHeavy

The Beatles, they brought a whole new dimension to pop music. Of course, the psychedelic period is much more interesting to me, starting with 'Rubber Soul' and on to the 'White Album.' Great, great records. I was such a Beatles fan. I was very sad when they broke up.

John McLaughlin

MusicSadGreatSoulMeInteresting

I just got addicted to getting better. My coach gave me a goal to get a tip dunk in a game - you know, a putback dunk off a rebound. I had never done that. He told me that he'd get me a pair of new shoes if I did it. I just kept trying. I couldn't get it, couldn't get it, couldn't get it. It took me a year or so. Finally, one game, I got it.

Steven Adams

ShoesMeGameBetterYearGoal

The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

ProblemBackComeLikeTakingShop

Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice.

Tom Robbins

LoveLove IsRulesUsOutlawJust

We have long honored those who gave their lives during the unfortunate reality of war.

Michael N. Castle

WarRealityLongHonoredWhoThose

Fiction writing and journalism, in my experience, are really excellent training grounds for each other.

Monica Hesse

ExperienceTrainingWritingFiction

I've got an interest in Zimbabwe. I spent a few months there before uni, so I'd like to get back to that.

Louis Theroux

BackInterestGotGetLikeZimbabwe

Of course I love cooking Eastern European food because I'm a Jew, but I also love making roast chicken. I love making Hungarian goulash. There are a lot of egg noodles in my cooking.

Judy Gold

LoveFoodCookingEggChickenRoast

I make movies for me and posterity. I'm more scared of history than I am of the studio.

Doug Liman

HistoryI AmMeMoviesMoreScared

I think the film is beautifully realised. His legacy as a journalist was recorded - as it were - well, and certainly the important issues of the '50s - or even today - are delivered and presented to the audience in a rather honest and objective way.

David Strathairn

TodayLegacyThinkImportantWay

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