Was thinkin' of mah Bud from yrs ago and found one of my verbal 'bites'' about a guy I ''liked'' like a cousin, another player similar in wavelength and ability and Fun to be around. this is a post from a thread from 10 yrs ago....
Mark, here's a perspective of Mark Wilson that caught my attention years ago, and he was the only player I knew at that time that chose to walk away.
Before pool....I grew up playing sports for trophies and medals and the intangibles one gets in those arenas.
During my early college years and later, Mark and Jeff Carter, Varner and I and Louie Lemke, Joey Gold, Tommy Spencer and that herd, we were all within a ball of each other give or take, but all of a sudden, Woosh Wilson quit playing/gambling as he'd once done....you'd see em out there playing in tournaments once in awhile.
As a young man I quite never understood why he did that, he had such great skill. Mark realized long ago, money was not his driving factor when it came to pool.
As I aged I understood and realized why he chose his course. When the pure gambling aspect of the game is removed, and all the other stuff comes to surface, that's when the beauty of our game will be realized by the masses. PGA they NEVER talk about the MONEY, tv announcers are not allowed to talk about the Tournament money payouts for golf on live TV.
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Mark, here's a perspective of Mark Wilson that caught my attention years ago, and he was the only player I knew at that time that chose to walk away.
Before pool....I grew up playing sports for trophies and medals and the intangibles one gets in those arenas.
During my early college years and later, Mark and Jeff Carter, Varner and I and Louie Lemke, Joey Gold, Tommy Spencer and that herd, we were all within a ball of each other give or take, but all of a sudden, Woosh Wilson quit playing/gambling as he'd once done....you'd see em out there playing in tournaments once in awhile.
As a young man I quite never understood why he did that, he had such great skill. Mark realized long ago, money was not his driving factor when it came to pool.
As I aged I understood and realized why he chose his course. When the pure gambling aspect of the game is removed, and all the other stuff comes to surface, that's when the beauty of our game will be realized by the masses. PGA they NEVER talk about the MONEY, tv announcers are not allowed to talk about the Tournament money payouts for golf on live TV.
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