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Portrait of Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus

(1940) Golfer

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Jack Nicklaus is a golfer, best known for Golf: The Marvelous Mania.

Quick Facts About Jack Nicklaus

Born: January 21, 1940
Profession: Golfer
Notable works: Golf: The Marvelous Mania

About Jack Nicklaus

Jack William Nicklaus, nicknamed the Golden Bear, is an American former professional golfer and designer of golf courses. He is often called one of the sport’s greatest players. Over his career he captured 117 professional tournament victories and set a record with eighteen major championship wins. He has also been honored with induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Quotes by Jack Nicklaus · Page 5

Pressure is what you live for...if you are going to be successful in life, you're going to have pressure.

Being successful

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Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation.

Achievement

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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…

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In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't.

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The Senior Tour is a good concept, although frankly I'm not astounded at its continued success. It gives a lot of guys…

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Nick O'Leary is a tough kid. He doesn't use gloves. It's freezing outside and he's obviously wearing short sleeves like all the…

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I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head.

Concentration

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Every putt is different. Your feet dictate the stroke by how they feel on the green. I just never used the same…

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The one strongest, most important part of my game is that I want to be the best. I won't accept anything less…

Ability

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Who in the world remembers who won the 1975 Westchester Classic or the 1978 Western Open? Basically, the majors are the only…

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I never went into a tournament or round of golf thinking I had to beat a certain player. I had to beat…

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I think we have more good players today [2016] than we've ever had in the game of golf. And I think that's…

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My workout was playing other sports and I always played tennis, football, basketball, threw a baseball - I was always doing something…

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I understand golf is a game, and I've never treated it as anything else. Family is something that's very special, and so…

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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…

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Golf is a nice game, but that's all. It's never going to be an exciting game to watch on TV. It's not…

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[My son] Michael came along and he played a little bit of everything. He went to Georgia Tech on a golf scholarship.

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My kids all do love to hunt and fish. When they get together, I think that's what they get together more for…

Fish

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I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go…

Augusta

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When the British Open is in Scotland, there's something special about it. And when it's at St. Andrews, it's even greater.

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Nick O'Leary loves to compete. His work ethic is fantastic, and that's what I like about him. He works, and works, and…

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Oakmont is probably the premier - Oakmont and Augusta National are probably the top two set of greens in the country.

Augusta

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Writers have told me more than once that I'm a better interview in defeat than in victory, which is a compliment I…

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Over the first three rounds you're playing the course. In the final round, if you're in contention, you're playing the man.

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We also play a Father/Son at home and I play with Steve, too. I try to mix it up. We play two…

Father

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I don't think you ever will yourself to win. I think you prepare yourself the best you can, get yourself in the…

Football

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You get the kids today into the sport, and then they can't get to the "next level." I mean, come on, that's…

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Pursue what you love, what you are passionate about. Don't let somebody else dictate your life's path.

Life

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But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in…

Control

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I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.

Augusta

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I don't think about winning the Masters as part of the slam. You want to win the Masters because of what it…

Games

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I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult…

Believer

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I love design in general, the creativity. Whether it is golf courses, my apparel line, ads we do or our business with…

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Once you play a tournament, you're playing against the golf course, you're playing against yourself and trying to do the best you…

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The fact is, I diet every day of my life. I have to work at it. But I diet so I can…

Day

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Age doesn't make a difference either. Whether you're 20 or 70, you can still play together. There are so many different things…

Age

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They [my sons] all went to different schools and all did different things. They're about as different for five kids as you'll…

Children

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I always look to see what Arnold [Palmer] shot; it's a habit. We will always compete against each other.

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Arnold's place in history will be as the man who took golf from being a game for the few to a sport…

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I played in a basketball league until I was 40 years old. I played every Monday night and the guys would say,…

Basketball

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Golf (134) Play (42) Sports (29) Golf course (27) Thinking (24) Winning (23) Games (21) Inspirational (20) Time (17) Kids (15) Football (15) Life (13) Game (13)