I don't play much golf anymore. I can't - if I break 80, I'm doing pretty well. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation. — 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
Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
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 played competitive golf all my life. Then all of a sudden, when I quit playing the game, I've got all this… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I have said many times that most people work all their life to retire to play golf, while I played golf all… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Mostly I built golf courses the way I played golf, which was left-to-right. But I learned very rapidly that people wanted to… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
None of my 22 grandchildren have genetics played. Three of my four boys were golf pros, but I think they all sort… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I love the golf courses because it brought the best out of me. It made me prepare, made me work at it,… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
What's interesting about golf is that most athletes end up gravitating toward golf because it is such a difficult sport. — 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
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
You have to love something and have a passion for it to be disciplined. My commitment was purely to golf — 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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've never set up any golf course that would favor anybody. I try to make it exactly the opposite, which is what… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I suppose I get a lot of questions about Tiger. But Tiger Woods is a tremendous talent. He plays well. He has… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Such is putting! 2% technique, 98% inspiration or confidence or touch...the only thing great putters have in common is touch and that… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I couldn't care less who I'm paired with. There's nobody I've ever played better or worse with, thank goodness. You don't want… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
You're not going to tell me that you're going to find a person who's not a very good athlete and he or… — 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
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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