He had been forced to work at a range and sometimes as a part-time bartender in order to make ends meet while he was trying to qualify as a competitor. They never had to worry about the rent, or putting food on the table. The fourth young player declared that racial prejudice had kept him from getting a golf scholarship at a major university, and this had impeded his progress. He believed his career would have been much further along the road to success had he been able to experience the competitive challenge of college golf. The people who reach the pinnacle of success in this world, the men and women who become champions in whatever field they choose, are the people who accept that they and they alone are in charge of their own destiny.
Champions are made, or, to be more accurate, they make themselves.
Champions aren t invariably the product of elite country clubs, as was Nicklaus. Sometimes champions have their origins in places you would least expect, but the traits and qualities that enable them to convert their talents from raw coal to fine diamonds remain the same. Surrounded by swampland, Pahokee is the reason that the State bird of Florida is the mosquitoe. There were no less than, count them, nineteen children in the Peete household. With very little option, Calvin dropped out of school in the 8th grade to pick fruit and bring in a little more money to help the family survive.