Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 26, 1980
Transcript:
Man: Zonker, don't you ever worry about skin cancer? Zonker: Can't afford to, Bernie. If you think too much, you clutch. It's like a surfer worrying about wiping out, or a race car driver worrying about a blow-out. If it happens, it happens. Either way, a true champion keeps going. Like my friend I was telling you about. After he recovered, he went right back into training. The next year, he missed taking the Sonny Bono Open by only two minutes! Man: Two minutes? What happened? Zonker: Total eclipse. The guy just had the worst luck.