Podcast
The Daily Stoic
The book recounts Steve Scott's experience at the 1996 US Amateur Golf Championships, where he chose to remind Tiger Woods to replace his ball marker, a decision that cost him the match but reinforced his integrity. The author discussed the importance of integrity in sports and life, using this defining moment as a focal point.
I've gone on to have a great life. I think I'm walking proof that you can win in life without winning.
— Episode: Steve Scott on Winning in Life
Episode: Steve Scott on Winning in Life
The book recounts Steve Scott's experience at the 1996 US Amateur Golf Championships, where he chose to remind Tiger Woods to replace his ball marker, a decision that cost him the match but reinforced his integrity. The author discussed the importance of integrity in sports and life, using this defining moment as a focal point.
I've gone on to have a great life. I think I'm walking proof that you can win in life without winning.
I think it's a story that will change you.
It's got a quote on the cover from Phil Knight who's basically saying that was one of the most extraordinary things I saw in person and he's like all these years later it remains one of the most extraordinary moments in sports.
runners in a race ought to compete and strive to win as hard as they can but by no means should they trip their competitors or give them a shove so too in life it is not wrong to seek after the things useful in life but to do so while depriving someone else is not just.