From Quiet Desperation to Realizing the Greatness Within

I am not a big fan of the LIV Golf League.I don’t resonate with where the money comes from or what it represents.

But I am a big fan of men who refuse to give up on themselves.

I am a big fan of resurrection.

I am talking about Anthony Kim.

At LIV Golf Adelaide, he shot 9-under 63 and defeated Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau to win his first professional tournament in sixteen years.

Sixteen years.

That is not just a gap in a résumé.

That is a lifetime in the soul.

The Shadows We Don’t See

Anthony Kim once looked like he had it all.

Young superstar.

Charisma.

Money.

Talent.

But what we see on the outside is rarely congruent with what is happening on the inside.

In a recent vulnerable Instagram post, he admitted that while he was competing on the PGA Tour, he contemplated ending his life every single day for nearly two decades.

Read that again.

He disappeared from the Tour in 2012. Behind the scenes were addiction, depression, and demons most of us fight privately.

His just happened to play out on a public stage.

Every man I work with knows this place.

The quiet desperation.

The smile on the outside.

The ache on the inside.

A Thread of Hope

Anthony has now been sober for roughly two years.

He calls sobriety his greatest accomplishment.

Not the trophies.

Not the money.

Not the fame.

Sobriety.

That tells you everything.

He had people who refused to give up on him.

And more importantly — he became willing to receive help.

That willingness is everything.

LIV gave him a competitive platform again.

But the real resurrection didn’t happen on the golf course.

It happened in the dark.

It happened when he chose life.

When he chose God.

When he chose family.

When he chose sobriety.

After his win, he said:

“For anyone who’s struggling, you can get through anything.”

And this:

“Who I am today is a completely different person. With God, my family, my sobriety being the key things to my life, I can go as far as I want.”

That’s not a golf quote.

That’s a rebirth.

Saints Are Sinners Who Never Quit

One of my favorite quotes from Paramahansa Yogananda is:

“Saints are sinners who never give up.”

That line alone has saved me more than once.

And Anthony said it in more direct terms:

“Don’t f@#*ing quit.”

Different language.

Same truth.

Don’t quit on your body.

Don’t quit on your calling.

Don’t quit on your soul.

Don’t quit on God.

Don’t quit on yourself.

The Sixteen-Year Gap

There was nearly a sixteen-year gap between Anthony Kim’s last PGA Tour win and this recent victory.

Sixteen years.

How many men disqualify themselves after two?

After one failed business?

One divorce?

One relapse?

One injury?

One public embarrassment?

You think the gap means it’s over.

But sometimes the gap is where the real man is forged.

The cracks are where the light gets in.

And the light has always been there.

From Quiet Desperation to Inner Greatness

Brother, this isn’t about LIV.

It isn’t even about Anthony Kim.

It’s about you.

It’s about the greatness within you that has been buried under shame, addiction, fear, regret, or the belief that it’s too late.

It’s not too late.

You may be in a sixteen-year gap right now.

You may be in a silent season where no one sees you fighting.

But if you are breathing, there is still life in you.

There is still greatness in you.

And it is not dependent on trophies.

It is dependent on one thing:

Don’t quit.

Stay sober.

Stay present.

Stay honest.

Stay connected to God.

Stay in the game.

From quiet desperation…

to realizing the greatness within.

I’m rooting for Anthony.

And I’m rooting for you.

You’ve got this.