Jack Nicklaus Quotes

Did you know there's probably more golf played in Iceland than most places in the world? They play 24 hours a day in the summertime and the northern part is warmer than the southern part.
Jack Nicklaus

Play, Golf, Played

Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
Jack Nicklaus

Give, Matter, Situation

Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.
Jack Nicklaus

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

Wind, Older, Face

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.
Jack Nicklaus

Anxiety, Fine, Antidote

How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell us we ought to get over. Yet most bad habits are tools to help us through life.
Jack Nicklaus

Life, Bad, Help

I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.
Jack Nicklaus

Best, Enjoy, Difficult

A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
Jack Nicklaus

Big, Straight, Shot

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.
Jack Nicklaus

Work, Great, Important

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

Try, Learn, Talent

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

Reason, Fish, Fishing

I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.
Jack Nicklaus

Win, Trying, Golf

If I have a weakness, it's probably ice cream. That's where I get lax, sloppy. I'll sneak into the refrigerator at night and take two or three bites and put it back. Butter pecan. Only two or three bites, but it shows.
Jack Nicklaus

Night, Two, Put

The game is meant to be fun.
Jack Nicklaus

Fun, Game, Meant

A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.
Jack Nicklaus

Golf, Kid, Behave

A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.
Jack Nicklaus

Work, Design, Done

All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.
Jack Nicklaus

Best, Play, Wanted

And, of course, I'm constantly energized by designing courses around the world.
Jack Nicklaus

Around, Designing, Courses

But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.
Jack Nicklaus

Control, Win, Put

Focus on remedies, not faults.
Jack Nicklaus

Focus, Faults, Remedies

Golf is a better game played downhill.
Jack Nicklaus

Game, Golf, Played

Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.
Jack Nicklaus

Respect, Game, Golf

Golfers have a tendency to be very masochistic. They like to punish themselves for some reason. A lot of them like tough courses.
Jack Nicklaus

Tough, Reason, Themselves

He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.
Jack Nicklaus

Sports, Golf, Seen

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

Sports, Time, Long

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Nationality: American

Born: January 21, 1940

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