When I look back on when I grew up, not even football players lifted weights. That was back 50 years ago. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Learn the fundamentals of the game and stick to them. Band-Aid remedies never last. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
The one strongest, most important part of my game is that I want to be the best. I won't accept anything less… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
My workout was playing other sports and I always played tennis, football, basketball, threw a baseball - I was always doing something… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I think my boys handled it pretty much the same way with their children, but my grandsons all ended up playing football… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I played in a basketball league until I was 40 years old. I played every Monday night and the guys would say,… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Scoring comes from being able to preserve what you've got and play your smart shots when you need to play them and… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I don't think you ever will yourself to win. I think you prepare yourself the best you can, get yourself in the… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
The most difficult thing for me is keeping yourself focused on what you're doing. As you go play, you try to get… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
My kids all do love to hunt and fish. When they get together, I think that's what they get together more for than anything… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share
I don't think you would have missed that putt, but in these circumstances, I would never give you the opportunity. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share
I've said many times before that Pebble Beach is a wonderful thinking-man's golf course. That is why it is such a great U.S. Open… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share
I came back and in '63, I was at the British Open, trying to win my first British Open. And I had what I… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share
My workout was playing other sports and I always played tennis, football, basketball, threw a baseball - I was always doing something to keep… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share
You have to watch your handicap. My son Steve says, "Never make a putt you don't have to." — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share
Whether it's pool or Ping Pong, I can't stand to have my kids beat me. Especially Ping Pong! And when they beat me, they… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share
If you'd asked me at 30 where I'd be during the Masters when I was 46, I'd have pictured myself on a boat fishing,… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share
That's sort of overkill. We've had 70 years of the Ryder Cup, and it's gotten along just fine. The pendulum will swing back without… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share
Golf really excites me only when the course is difficult and challenging. I love competing. The pressure of competition against fine holes and fine… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share
