Jack Nicklaus Quotes

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Jack Nicklaus

Profession : Golfer

Birth : January 21, 1940

There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid.

Jack Nicklaus

I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.

Jack Nicklaus

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

Jack Nicklaus

I like to catch fish and release them. I probably haven't killed a fish that I've caught in sport fishing for 20 years. No reason to kill it. You know, just take it and release it.

Jack Nicklaus

A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out and hit a golf ball, but they have no idea how to manage what they do with the ball. I've won as many golf tournaments hitting the ball badly as I have hitting the ball well.

Jack Nicklaus

Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn't make any difference what the crisis is.

Jack Nicklaus

This is a game. That's all it is. It's not a war.

Jack Nicklaus

Well, the biggest rival I had in my career was me.

Jack Nicklaus

Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.

Jack Nicklaus

The older you get the stronger the wind gets and it's always in your face.

Jack Nicklaus

When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.

Jack Nicklaus

I've never set up any golf course that would favor anybody. I try to make it exactly the opposite, which is what we did at Valhalla when we modernized it to accommodate the lengths players are hitting it today.

Jack Nicklaus

Well, I think that Augusta is not the same golf course that I grew up on. Bobby Jones' philosophy was giving you space off the tee; if you put it in the right side of the fairway, you ended up getting the right angle to the green.

Jack Nicklaus

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

Jack Nicklaus

There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.

Jack Nicklaus

He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys can't handle it. But it looks like he can.

Jack Nicklaus

The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.

Jack Nicklaus

I can barely turn on my computer!

Jack Nicklaus

He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn't try to learn how to get better.

Jack Nicklaus

See, as much as I love the game, golf was my vehicle to competition. And I love to compete.

Jack Nicklaus