One of the worst mistakes you can make in golf is trying to force the game. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Any golfer worth his salt has to cross the sea and try to win the British Open. — 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
We also play a Father/Son at home and I play with Steve, too. I try to mix it up. We play two… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
The most difficult thing for me is keeping yourself focused on what you're doing. As you go play, you try to get… — 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 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
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
People don't want to go to the dump and have a picnic, they want to go out to a beautiful place and… — 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
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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