One of the worst mistakes you can make in golf is trying to force the game. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I don't play much golf anymore. I can't - if I break 80, I'm doing pretty well. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Augusta National is a young man's golf course, and you really need a young man's nerves to play on it. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If there is one thing I have learned during my years as a professional, it is that the only thing constant about… — 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
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 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
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 Copy Share Image
I never worried about money, except that I knew that all I had to worry about was golf. As long as I… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
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 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
Who in the world remembers who won the 1975 Westchester Classic or the 1978 Western Open? Basically, the majors are the only… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Ask yourself how many shots you would have saved if you always developed a strategy before you hit, always played within your… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
There are interesting times. The game is more fun when you are experimenting. One day yuor great, the next day scatterlog. But… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
When you lip out several putts in a row, you should never think that means that you're putting well. When you're putting… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I came back and in '63, I was at the British Open, trying to win my first British Open. And I had… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
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 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
I would never deny that Jack Nicklaus is the greatest player who ever lived. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I didn't push any of my kids into golf, and they played golf because they wanted to. — 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 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
You have to watch your handicap. My son Steve says, "Never make a putt you don't have to." — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 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 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/quotes/img-quotes/097/jack-nicklaus-1429_bits_i-think-we-have-more-good-players-today_1289187.jpg)
