Tom Brady once liked a social media post in which I said he was the most underpaid quarterback and most overpaid announcer in NFL history. He isn’t even playing anymore and is seeking out slights.
Bill Belichick ran the New England Patriots as if they were the CIA. Some of the most talented baseball players of recent vintage took performance-enhancing drugs. Cyclist Lance Armstrong tried to ruin the lives of those who accurately accused him of taking PEDs.
Instead of motivating himself by creating enemies and demonizing competitors, Scheffler, last week, asked this question about winning majors: “What’s the point?”
“This is not a fulfilling life,” Scheffler said. “It’s fulfilling from the sense of accomplishment, but it’s not fulfilling from a sense of the deepest places of your heart. …
“That’s something that I wrestle with on a daily basis. It’s like showing up at the Masters every year. It’s like, why do I want to win this golf tournament so badly? Why do I want to win the Open Championship so badly? I don’t know because, if I win, it’s going to be awesome for two minutes.
“You win it, you celebrate, get to hug my family, my sister’s there, it’s such an amazing moment. Then it’s like, OK, what are we going to eat for dinner? … It feels like you work your whole life to celebrate winning a tournament for like a few minutes.”