Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation. — 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
All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
One of the worst mistakes you can make in golf is trying to force the game. — 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
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
Pete Dye introduced me to golf course design back in the 1960's. He came to my hometown Columbus, Ohio to work on… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Why are we building golf courses? Because we enjoy being outside, bringing man and nature together. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
For the first time I felt like they used to feel when they played with me - Mark hits it so hard… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
If you design something pretty with good golf shots in it, then I think that's the combination that creates a really nice… — 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
If I had one golf course, from a design standpoint, one that I really love, it would probably be Pinehurst. There's a… — 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
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 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
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
The golf course is always in good shape. Paul Latshaw does a reasonable job. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Keeping the head still is golf's one universal, unarguable fundamental. — 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
It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus. — 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
I think Tiger Woods is a determined young man who really wants to play. — 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
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