I didn't push any of my kids into golf, and they played golf because they wanted to. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Any golfer worth his salt has to cross the sea and try to win the British Open. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I would never deny that Jack Nicklaus is the greatest player who ever lived. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
It takes hundreds of good golf shots to gain confidence, but only one bad one to lose it. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
See, as much as I love the game, golf was my vehicle to competition. And I love to compete. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
What's interesting about golf is that most athletes end up gravitating toward golf because it is such a difficult sport. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
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 Image
You have to love something and have a passion for it to be disciplined. My commitment was purely to golf — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Grand Haven will challenge the skilled player yet, because of some width to the holes, it also will be a fun course… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Over the first three rounds you're playing the course. In the final round, if you're in contention, you're playing the man. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Oakmont is probably the premier - Oakmont and Augusta National are probably the top two set of greens in the country. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
When the British Open is in Scotland, there's something special about it. And when it's at St. Andrews, it's even greater. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
If a guy is a good athlete, he'll end up being a pretty decent golfer if he just takes it up. But… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I think we have more good players today [2016] than we've ever had in the game of golf. And I think that's… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Well, I think that Augusta is not the same golf course that I grew up on. Bobby Jones' philosophy was giving you… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I don't believe in luck. Not in golf, anyway. There are good bounces and bad bounces, sure, but the ball is round… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I've always tried to play golf with a golf club. I have a hard time driving with my rifle. I mean, 18… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I've never set up any golf course that would favor anybody. I try to make it exactly the opposite, which is what… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I suppose I get a lot of questions about Tiger. But Tiger Woods is a tremendous talent. He plays well. He has… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
There's a guy who won't be in contention. There's another one I don't have to worry about. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, youre the best. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can't play if I can't compete. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I think Tiger Woods is a determined young man who really wants to play. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Keeping the head still is golf's one universal, unarguable fundamental. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'll ever do it again or not, but frankly I don't really care. — 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
![“I think we have more good players today [2016] than we've ever had in the game of golf. And I think that's saying a lot because we had a lot of good players when I played. I think you had a bit of a lag in there for a while, that Tiger was just so much better than everybody else that he really…” quote by Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/097/jack-nicklaus-1429_bits_i-think-we-have-more-good-players-today_1289187.jpg)
