“If you don’t know how to lose, you might as well give up the game”
| Arjun Atwal (AP) |
A few wise words Arjun Atwal who won his first PGA Tour event a couple of weeks ago. After a near fatal car-crash and numerous injuries, the win was the first by an Indian on the PGA Tour and gifted him a Tour card for next year
“There is a fine line, perhaps, between success and disaster and although it would have been devastating for me to have missed that (a bogey would have meant a playoff with former Major winner David Toms), I have learnt to soak in losses and disappointments with a certain degree of humility. Golf is a game where the losing percentage is very high compared with other sports so if you don’t know how to lose, you might as well give up the game.”
So true and it applies to so many different things. I find with kids these days that because they get rewarded for so many mediocre performances that they actually don’t know how to lose gracefully.
It does apply to some many things and so many sports. Golf is great for teaching this in kids and adults!