Words matter. These are the best Handicap Quotes from famous people such as Gil Gerard, Metta World Peace, Marlee Matlin, Malcolm Gladwell, Phil Lord, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Prior to that I produced a couple of TV movies for CBS, but the truth of the matter is that I burned out for a couple of years. I didn’t do anything for a while, apart from taking up golf, for which I got a four handicap.
Big Brother makes a game where it’s competitive, not just a handicap match. Mentally, physically, strategically, emotionally, it’s an even match. When you compete 100%, it’s a real competition.
I like to say that the greatest handicap of deafness does not lie in the ear, it lies in the mind. I hope that through my example, such as my role on ‘The West Wing,’ I can help change attitudes on deafness and prove we can really do everything… except hear.
A handicap is like trying to race and you have a ten pound weight stuck to your waist. That is a handicap.
A sense of humour is never a handicap.
When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers.
The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.
My legs are heavy. They hurt me. I’m in pain So to all the handicap police out there, just be kind. You don’t need to know why someone’s parked in handicapped – and yeah, just be kind.
There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the opportunity to focus more on art, writing, or music.
One of the ways we women often handicap ourselves is thinking that once we’ve made a decision or a commitment, we can’t change.
If I spend a couple of hours practising on the driving range, my 10 handicap becomes a 12 by the time I get on the course.
I have a nine handicap in golf – I can always find time for a round – and I’m on my treadmill and cross-trainer every day.
The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.
No one doubts that having a criminal record – whether it results in community probation or prison – is a serious handicap.
By logic, it’s a handicap. If I shut one eye, I can’t see from the other eye. But it is one of those things which I don’t think too much about. One needs to have the strength to move forward.
I sort of play golf because a lot of my friends are into it, but I’m awful – my handicap is about six or seven thousand.
I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I’m a writer, I don’t write anymore because it’s just harder in English.
Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.
In my life, I’d like to play more golf and, and get a decent handicap.
If you got a disability or a handicap, that means you’re limited to certain things. And I don’t feel like I’m limited to nothing. I can do anything anybody else can do.
I didn’t think of my pregnancy as a handicap for one minute, but having said that, I think the only big challenge was being so tired all the time.
Don’t think of your gender as a handicap.
A handicap is only if you let it be a handicap.
Losing Michael Jackson is a handicap. It’s the Lakers trying to win a championship without Kobe Bryant.
On the campaign trail, I have the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life – from residents at a battered women’s shelter to mentally handicap children to retirees – and learn about their lives and struggles.
The rapid growth of prenatal testing has had some undeniably positive effects: A woman who knows she will bear a child with a handicap can plan to deliver in a hospital equipped for risky births. And many couples prefer the opportunity to prepare psychologically for the work of raising a disabled child.
Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.
An intellectual is someone who avoids the mundane by lowering his handicap.
As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.
Theoretical physics is one of the few fields in which being disabled is no handicap – it is all in the mind.
While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap.
People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can’t possibly act, and as I only care about acting, I think beauty can be a great handicap.
Few people realize what a handicap it is to be what people call a beautiful woman. I’m glad, of course, that I don’t look like an unmade bed, but too often, I’m just taken at face value. And there aren’t many men who believe a beautiful woman can have any brains.
Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap.
I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key.
Well, I’m a 14 handicap. Anyone who golfs knows what that means.
I play a bit of golf, off a 12 handicap.
One of my favorite things to do is play golf at Braemar Country Club. It’s quiet and not overly crowded. The people are nice, and there’s wildlife all around the course. As far as my game itself, I can go from a 10 handicap to a 30, depending on the day.
A golf holiday with the guys is always nice. I’m a bit of a bandit on the golf course because I play with a handicap of 10, but I should be lower than that.
I understand why marriages break up over golf. I can’t even talk about my own handicap because it’s too upsetting.
I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don’t know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don’t bother to become interesting.
I’ve been writing a lot, I’ve a few projects I’m trying to finance, I do some acting, I do some directing… Apart from that, if I could get lower that a ten handicap on my golf game I’d be thrilled.
The truth is that we were born to have it all. And part of our handicap as adults is that we no longer understand our potential.
Florida sends me a handicap sticker when I’m there. It’s embarrassing. But I can’t walk more than six holes before the whole knee swells up, and then I can’t go anymore.
