“I don't want to be the best black golfer, I want to be the best golfer, period.”
Tiger Woods (1975) American professional golfer
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“You know it's gone to hell, when the best rapper out there is a white guy and the best golfer is a black guy.”
Interview in the New York Post in October 2000. <br class="br">Notes: Although Barkley popularised the phrase, it was likely first used several months earlier http://www.snopes.com/quotes/chrisrock.asp by Chris Rock.
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