I don't play much golf anymore. I can't - if I break 80, I'm doing pretty well. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
It's great to win, but it's also great fun just to be in the thick of any truly well and hard fought… — 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
But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
The worse you're performing, the more you must work mentally and emotionally. The greatest and toughest art in golf is "playing badly… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Well, I think that Augusta is not the same golf course that I grew up on. Bobby Jones' philosophy was giving you… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of majors where I didn't play well until the last round. Keep yourself in contention; that's the name… — 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'm more proud of the good rounds I've played while hitting the ball badly than of the great rounds while hitting the… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I never used golf as a job. I used it as a game. I always thought if I played the game well,… — 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
