A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
If you're going to be a player people will remember, you have to win the Open at St. Andrews. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
We called [my son] Gary "Little Herschel" when he was in middle school - but then he didn't grow any taller. He… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Golfers have a tendency to be very masochistic. They like to punish themselves for some reason. A lot of them like tough… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
You don't think anything about age when you're playing [golf]. I mean, why would you ever think about that. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
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… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Every putt is different. Your feet dictate the stroke by how they feel on the green. I just never used the same… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
[My son] Michael came along and he played a little bit of everything. He went to Georgia Tech on a golf scholarship. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go… — 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
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'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
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
I never went into a tournament or round of golf thinking I had to beat a certain player. I had to beat… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
I love design in general, the creativity. Whether it is golf courses, my apparel line, ads we do or our business with… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Once you play a tournament, you're playing against the golf course, you're playing against yourself and trying to do the best you… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Age doesn't make a difference either. Whether you're 20 or 70, you can still play together. There are so many different things… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I always look to see what Arnold [Palmer] shot; it's a habit. We will always compete against each other. — 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 called [my son] Gary "Little Herschel" when he was in middle school - but then he didn't grow any taller. He ended up playing golf and being a really nice golfer.” quote by Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e81/jack-nicklaus-1429_gary_we-called-my-son-gary-little-herschel-wh_1155540.png)
![“You don't think anything about age when you're playing [golf]. I mean, why would you ever think about that.” quote by Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f90/jack-nicklaus-1429_age_you-don-t-think-anything-about-age-when_2091805.png)
![“[My son] Michael came along and he played a little bit of everything. He went to Georgia Tech on a golf scholarship.” quote by Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e8/jack-nicklaus-1429_bits_my-son-michael-came-along-and-he-played_674874.png)
![“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/i/097/jack-nicklaus-1429_bits_i-think-we-have-more-good-players-today_1289187.jpg)
![“I always look to see what Arnold [Palmer] shot; it's a habit. We will always compete against each other.” quote by Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a60/jack-nicklaus-1429_compete_i-always-look-to-see-what-arnold-palmer_1502383.png)
![“I have a couple [of grandsons] that are in college playing lacrosse. It's great and it's fun. But they all also play golf a little bit.” quote by Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/jack-nicklaus-1429_bits_i-have-a-couple-of-grandsons-that-are-in_2823858.png)
![“At a certain point in the [golf] tournament, it becomes a match play event and becomes a match play event against who is on the leaderboard, so you have to know who is there to do what you're going to try to do.” quote by Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/jack-nicklaus-1429_certain_at-a-certain-point-in-the-golf-tournamen_2171814.png)
![“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/quotes/i/a5b/jack-nicklaus-1429_ends_we-don-t-play-golf-often-with-kids-becau_813040.png)
![“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/quotes/i/bc8/jack-nicklaus-1429_couple_for-years-i-never-thought-i-needed-a-sho_2653865.png)
