I think Tiger Woods is a determined young man who really wants to play. — 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
Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, youre the best. — 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
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
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
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
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
Why are we building golf courses? Because we enjoy being outside, bringing man and nature together. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I have a couple [of grandsons] that are in college playing lacrosse. It's great and it's fun. But they all also play… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Arnold's place in history will be as the man who took golf from being a game for the few to a sport… — 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
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… — 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
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
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
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
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
Scoring comes from being able to preserve what you've got and play your smart shots when you need to play them and… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
We don’t have to do a bunch of things to figure out how to win the Ryder Cup. Just go play golf.… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
That "I don't give a darn" attitude is probably why I've shot so many good final rounds over the years when I… — 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 didn't push any of my kids into golf, and they played golf because they wanted to. — 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
I would never deny that Jack Nicklaus is the greatest player who ever lived. — 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
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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