Quotes by Grantland Rice

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
– Grantland Rice
Depend upon yourself. Make your judgement trustworthy by trusting it. You can develop good judgement as you do the muscles of your body - by judicious, daily exercise. To be known as a man of sound judgement will be much in your favor.
– Grantland Rice
Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend.
– Grantland Rice
Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk.
– Grantland Rice
I await the hour when a journalist can be driven from the press room for venal practices, as a minister can be unfrocked, or a lawyer disbarred.
– Grantland Rice
Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.
– Grantland Rice
There's no dearth of kindness in this world of ours; Only in our blindness we gather thorns for flowers.
– Grantland Rice
For when the One Great Scorer comes
To write against your name,
He marks-not that you won or lost-
But how you played the game.
– Grantland Rice