Golf Quotes by Jack Nicklaus

If you want to hit it farther, hit it better.

— Jack Nicklaus

I guess that's why they call it Hell.

— Jack Nicklaus

Golf is a game of precision, not strength.

— Jack Nicklaus

I never missed a putt in my mind.

— Jack Nicklaus

Golf is not, and never has been, a fair game.

— Jack Nicklaus

I wish I had kept my damn mouth shut.

— Jack Nicklaus

Golf is you against yourself.

— Jack Nicklaus

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

— Jack Nicklaus

Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.

— Jack Nicklaus

All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.

— Jack Nicklaus

I don't play much golf anymore. I can't - if I break 80, I'm doing pretty well.

— Jack Nicklaus

Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.

— Jack Nicklaus

A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.

— Jack Nicklaus

Essentially, he has been retired since he was 21.

— Jack Nicklaus

“Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety." - Jack Nicklaus”

— Jack Nicklaus

...said Nicklaus, 'was a brotherhood, I suppose'.

— Jack Nicklaus

If there is one thing I have learned during my years as a professional, it is that the only thing constant about…

— Jack Nicklaus

If I had only one more round to play, I would choose to play it at Pebble Beach. I've loved this course…

— Jack Nicklaus

The US Open flag eliminates a lot of players. Some players just weren't meant to win the US Open. Quite often, they…

— Jack Nicklaus

Augusta National is a young man's golf course, and you really need a young man's nerves to play on it.

— Jack Nicklaus

Tiger Woods has been unlucky with his body. I don't know whether some of it is self-induced or some of it is…

— Jack Nicklaus

I never worried about money, except that I knew that all I had to worry about was golf. As long as I…

— Jack Nicklaus

Jones is the greatest golfer who ever lived and probably ever will live. That's my goal. Bobby Jones. It's the only goal.

— Jack Nicklaus

The importance of my legacy is not the golf course, it's what my life is, and what my life is intended to…

— Jack Nicklaus

Ask yourself how many shots you would have saved if you always developed a strategy before you hit, always played within your…

— Jack Nicklaus

There's more to be learned here [St. Andrews] about course design than anywhere. Collection bunkers, false fronts, bump shots. The fundamentals of…

— Jack Nicklaus

I've had a lot of majors where I didn't play well until the last round. Keep yourself in contention; that's the name…

— Jack Nicklaus

The way I pack is I look at how long I'll be gone and I pack day for day. If I'm going…

— Jack Nicklaus

The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps…

— Jack Nicklaus

Who in the world remembers who won the 1975 Westchester Classic or the 1978 Western Open? Basically, the majors are the only…

— Jack Nicklaus

I never went into a tournament or round of golf thinking I had to beat a certain player. I had to beat…

— Jack Nicklaus

I understand golf is a game, and I've never treated it as anything else. Family is something that's very special, and so…

— Jack Nicklaus

You're always struggling because you're not playing on a 53-and-a-third by a 120-yard field. You're not playing on a baseball diamond. With…

— Jack Nicklaus

I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head. It's…

— Jack Nicklaus

Focus on remedies, not faults.

— Jack Nicklaus

Golf is a better game played downhill.

— Jack Nicklaus

The holes are numbered.

— Jack Nicklaus

One of the worst mistakes you can make in golf is trying to force the game.

— Jack Nicklaus

I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.

— Jack Nicklaus

Tee your ball high...air offers less resistance than dirt.

— Jack Nicklaus