No there isn't, just because it's a bigger entry fee shouldn't change who you are as a person.
That is one of the major problems with people, if its $10 bucks they are the nicest person in the world buy for $100 they turn into an ass####.
Sportsmanship Alert - My Most Recent Sighting
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No there isn't, just because it's a bigger entry fee shouldn't change who you are as a person.
That is one of the major problems with people, if its $10 bucks they are the nicest person in the world buy for $100 they turn into an ass####.
Not the same thing. The person I was responding to was drawing comparisons between an amateur at a local tournament to professionals like Reyes, Schmidt, etc.
Woah,
This went from what was supposed to be a positive thread to having a "negative" twist to it...
JB CASES: I often times consider myself pretty darn good at expressing my thoughts and beliefs clearly...you are able to take that to a whole other level...I always enjoy reading your posts and replies...I think you could make the simplest phrase sound like poetry!!!
THE CHINCHILLA: At first I was taken aback by what you had written...then I read it again. I think I know what you were saying... Some people shouldn't "give an inch" to win...
It's like Tiger Woods (here I go again with "golf" analogies!). Tiger wouldn't give an inch...he was the best in the world...he was known for his "killer" instinct...that helped him become one of the greatest ever at playing golf. That didn't, however, make him the "best". He knew no other way than to go for the jugular when he smelled blood...
Now, take Arnold Palmer...at his "prime", he was the best in the world at playing golf...he was also one of the "best" in life...he had morals, ethics and knew how to treat people well (family, friends and strangers).
Two different people...two different styles...both were able to achieve the status of "best" in what they did... If I wanted to become the best in the world at something, of these two individuals, I would want to achieve it as Palmer did...or not at all...
Jason
p.s. Mattie did need the money pretty bad...but he didn't need it bad enough to give up his morals...YEAH MATTIE!
This went from what was supposed to be a positive thread to having a "negative" twist to it...
JB CASES: I often times consider myself pretty darn good at expressing my thoughts and beliefs clearly...you are able to take that to a whole other level...I always enjoy reading your posts and replies...I think you could make the simplest phrase sound like poetry!!!
THE CHINCHILLA: At first I was taken aback by what you had written...then I read it again. I think I know what you were saying... Some people shouldn't "give an inch" to win...
It's like Tiger Woods (here I go again with "golf" analogies!). Tiger wouldn't give an inch...he was the best in the world...he was known for his "killer" instinct...that helped him become one of the greatest ever at playing golf. That didn't, however, make him the "best". He knew no other way than to go for the jugular when he smelled blood...
Now, take Arnold Palmer...at his "prime", he was the best in the world at playing golf...he was also one of the "best" in life...he had morals, ethics and knew how to treat people well (family, friends and strangers).
Two different people...two different styles...both were able to achieve the status of "best" in what they did... If I wanted to become the best in the world at something, of these two individuals, I would want to achieve it as Palmer did...or not at all...
Jason
p.s. Mattie did need the money pretty bad...but he didn't need it bad enough to give up his morals...YEAH MATTIE!
Pro or amateur, does not matter, either you have ethics and morals or you don't. I have seen players settle things themselves that are not exactly what the rules say, even at the pro level.
I don't completely disagree with you, but I don't think the world is as black-and-white as you make it out to be.
From my point-of-view it seems that to succeed at the pro level (of anything) you have to be more competitive than I'm willing to be (assuming of course that I had the talent and ability... which I don't). I actually had a similar experience to the OP's story last week where I ignored some fouls my opponent made because he clearly didn't know all the rules. (I pointed out the improper plays but didn't take ball-in-hand.)
Sportsmanlike
If player a picks up the Qball thinking its ball in hand and it is not , player
B says its OK just put it back as close as you can and shoot , ok is this
a foul on player B ? If it not , can we make up rules as we play? Just
curious . What do you think ? Rob
If player a picks up the Qball thinking its ball in hand and it is not , player
B says its OK just put it back as close as you can and shoot , ok is this
a foul on player B ? If it not , can we make up rules as we play? Just
curious . What do you think ? Rob
