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title: "4 Hitting Quotes By Jack Nicklaus"
description: "4 Hitting quotes by Jack Nicklaus. Plus more from Jack Nicklaus and more Hitting sayings from other authors."
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> [I'm more proud of the good rounds I've played while hitting the ball badly than of the great rounds while hitting the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/i-m-more-proud-of-the-good-rounds-i-ve-played-while-hitting-the-ball/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

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> [I've never set up any golf course that would favor anybody. I try to make it exactly the opposite, which is what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/i-ve-never-set-up-any-golf-course-that-would-favor-anybody-i-try-to/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

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> [A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/a-big-part-of-managing-a-golf-course-is-managing-your-swing-on-the-2/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

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> [Nobody - but nobody - has ever become really proficient at golf without practice, without doing a lot of thinking and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/nobody-but-nobody-has-ever-become-really-proficient-at-golf-without/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

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## Other authors on Hitting

## More by Jack Nicklaus

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/my-kids-all-do-love-to-hunt-and-fish-when-they-get-together-i-think/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

> [I don't think you would have missed that putt, but in these circumstances, I would never give you the opportunity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/i-don-t-think-you-would-have-missed-that-putt-but-in-these/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/i-ve-said-many-times-before-that-pebble-beach-is-a-wonderful-thinking/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

> [I came back and in '63, I was at the British Open, trying to win my first British Open. And I had what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/i-came-back-and-in-63-i-was-at-the-british-open-trying-to-win-my/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

> [My workout was playing other sports and I always played tennis, football, basketball, threw a baseball - I was always doing something to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/my-workout-was-playing-other-sports-and-i-always-played-tennis/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

> [I guess that's why they call it Hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/i-guess-that-s-why-they-call-it-hell/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

> [If you want to hit it farther, hit it better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/if-you-want-to-hit-it-farther-hit-it-better/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

> [I wish I had kept my damn mouth shut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/i-wish-i-had-kept-my-damn-mouth-shut/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

> [You have to watch your handicap. My son Steve says, "Never make a putt you don't have to."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/you-have-to-watch-your-handicap-my-son-steve-says-never-make-a-putt/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/whether-it-s-pool-or-ping-pong-i-can-t-stand-to-have-my-kids-beat-me/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/if-you-d-asked-me-at-30-where-i-d-be-during-the-masters-when-i-was-46/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

> [There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/there-are-no-maladies-in-my-golf-game-my-golf-game-stinks/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/that-s-sort-of-overkill-we-ve-had-70-years-of-the-ryder-cup-and-it-s/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

> [Golf really excites me only when the course is difficult and challenging. I love competing. The pressure of competition against fine holes and fine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/golf-really-excites-me-only-when-the-course-is-difficult-and/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

> [A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/a-perfectly-straight-shot-with-a-big-club-is-a-fluke/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

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