Grantland Rice

Journalist

1880-11-01 – 1954-07-13

Grantland Rice was an American sportswriter, columnist, and poet. He was one of the most influential voices in early 20th-century American sports journalism. He is widely known for memorable phrases such as the line about how one played the game mattering more than winning or losing.

Quotes by Grantland Rice

Failure isn't bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.
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Failure isn't bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.
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There's no dearth of kindness in this world of ours; Only in our blindness we gather thorns for flowers.
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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.
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
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Every father who ever lived has a dream for his son.
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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.
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