Play Quotes by Jack Nicklaus
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Jack Nicklaus recalls a two‑shot lead at the British Open that nearly won him the title. He notes that golf is a quiet sport, not a TV circus, and that young nerves are needed at Augusta National. He also mentions how kids today rarely play golf.
![“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 she is going to be a great player. But anyone can play the game. That's the nice thing about the game. You don't really have to be a world-class athlete to play the sport [golf] and have fun…” quote by Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/jack-nicklaus-1429_athlete_you-re-not-going-to-tell-me-that-you-re_2613799.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)
