#85 “Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you’re not good at them.” Roy ‘Tin Cup’ McAvoy - Tin Cup 1996
“Greatness courts failure.” - Tin Cup
Every Sunday for the past few months I have quoted a football film. Now that fantasy football is over for the season… and I’m having slight withdrawls; I will move on to golf. Yes, golf. The sport that is the complete opposite of football. The sport that is an individual and the green, opposed to the offense and defense on the turf. Golf is hard to define. Golf is failure based on a bad swing, missed putt, or a bad placement in the sand, trees, or bunker.
Either way, if greatness courts failure; what did Tin Cup mean?
Can we ultimatley move past our failures with added or continued greatness? Do people really hide their failures by over-doing something great? Think about this for a brief second. When you have lost at something, it could be anything; do you sulk in your mis-fortune or do you try to turn it around? Many people sulk first, and re-act later. Many people don’t recognize failure because each failure is a chance at opportunity.
Are greatness and failure meant to represent one another?
Lets talk about sex and golf. I would presume that we can immediately pull out the similarities. If not, well… maybe go ask someone, it could be a fun little game; just think simple objects. But, what we cannot assume is how we approach our own philosophy about the two. If one is so great at sex, and so great at golf; do they both have a lot in common? If sex is a sport like golf is for its golfer and spectator; are we playing on the same course, or are we out on a bunker? We must take each new challenge on the green or in the bed to maximize our full potential.
If you’ve never played golf; give it a swing. If you’ve already had sex; don’t worry about the score because each sport takes practice; and we all could use a little handicap. Some of us need a caddy, some of us want the club; but ultimatley its about moving past the failure and seeking the greatness you exude. Confidence is sexy; confidence is golf.
“Well, if you can remove the sexual overtones and add a golf theme, then Romeo, I am your Juliet.” - Tin Cup


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