--- title: "1 Played Better Quotes By Jack Nicklaus" description: "1 Played Better quotes by Jack Nicklaus. Plus more from Jack Nicklaus and more Played Better sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/jack-nicklaus-1429_army_i-couldn-t-care-less-who-i-m-paired-with_3183421.png" --- > [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 any factor to be outside your control. What if Arnie's Army had bothered me? What id I'd said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/i-couldn-t-care-less-who-i-m-paired-with-there-s-nobody-i-ve-ever/) [Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/jack-nicklaus-1429_army_i-couldn-t-care-less-who-i-m-paired-with_3183421.png) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/played-better/jack-nicklaus/#itemlist", "name": "1 Played Better Quotes By Jack Nicklaus", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 any factor to be outside your control. What if Arnie's Army had bothered me? 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