You try to figure out the two things that I use as the philosophy to do a golf course. The first is… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I never used golf as a job. I used it as a game. I always thought if I played the game well,… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
We don't play golf often [with kids] because they don't play that much anymore - because their kids don't play. It's like… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Golf really excites me only when the course is difficult and challenging. I love competing. The pressure of competition against fine holes… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
At a certain point in the [golf] tournament, it becomes a match play event and becomes a match play event against who… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
The worse you're performing, the more you must work mentally and emotionally. The greatest and toughest art in golf is "playing badly… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Golf is a nice game, but that's all. It's never going to be an exciting game to watch on TV. It's not… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Nobody - but nobody - has ever become really proficient at golf without practice, without doing a lot of thinking and then… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I've wanted to design golf courses ever since I was a kid. I suppose it comes from the way I've played the… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
There is no room in your mind for negative thoughts. The busier you keep yourself with the particulars of shot assessment and… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
For years, I never thought I needed a short game. Finally I just decided to do something about it. I needed to… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
You can win tournaments when you're mechanical, but golf is a game of emotion and adjustment. If you're not aware of what's… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Did you know there's probably more golf played in Iceland than most places in the world? They play 24 hours a day… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in… — 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
![“We don't play golf often [with kids] because they don't play that much anymore - because their kids don't play. It's like anything else - fathers these days end up in the parks on the weekends and they have their kids into lacrosse or soccer or whatever it might be.” quote by Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a5b/jack-nicklaus-1429_ends_we-don-t-play-golf-often-with-kids-becau_813040.png)
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![“For years, I never thought I needed a short game. Finally I just decided to do something about it. I needed to get up and down from tough spots on the par-5s for my birdies. So I went to Phil [Rogers]. He's the best. For the last couple weeks, Phil has been staying at my house and we've been…” quote by Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bc8/jack-nicklaus-1429_couple_for-years-i-never-thought-i-needed-a-sho_2653865.png)
