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If there is one thing I have learned during my years as a professional, it is that the only thing constant about golf is its inconstancy. — Jack Nicklaus

Golf is a better game played downhill. — Jack Nicklaus

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

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

I'm deadly serious even when I play tennis against my kids. I want to beat their brains out. — Jack Nicklaus

Jones is the greatest golfer who ever lived and probably ever will live. That's my goal. Bobby Jones. It's the only goal. — Jack Nicklaus

I'm not as far along as Jack Nicklaus was at this age, but I'm trying. — Tiger Woods

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

The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible. — Jack Nicklaus

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

I'm probably the only bottom-heavy golfer in the country. — Jack Nicklaus

If there is one thing golf demands above all else, it is honesty. — Jack Nicklaus

If Jack Nicklaus had to play my tee shots, he couldn't break 80. He'd be a pharmacist with a string of drugstores in Ohio. — Lee Trevino

Confidence is when you stand over a shot and know you're going to make it because you've done it time and time again. — Jack Nicklaus

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

Pete Egoscue has totally changed my life. Never have I experienced such complete pain relief as I have by following the Egoscue Method. — Jack Nicklaus

I guess that's why they call it Hell. — Jack Nicklaus

Pete Dye introduced me to golf course design back in the 1960's. He came to my hometown Columbus, Ohio to work on The Golf Club. — Jack Nicklaus

Golf is a game of precision, not strength. — Jack Nicklaus

My best friend gave me the best advice
He said each day's a gift and not a given right
Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind — Jack Nicklaus

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

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

The holes are numbered. — Jack Nicklaus

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

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

I don't think you would have missed that putt, but in these circumstances, I would never give you the opportunity. — Jack Nicklaus

You have to trust your kids. They have to experience life, and you just hope you've provided them a foundation for what's right and what isn't. — Jack Nicklaus

There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks. — Jack Nicklaus

Golf is not, and never has been, a fair game. — Jack Nicklaus

Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum. — Jack Nicklaus

I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids. — Jack Nicklaus

Before every shot, I go to the movies — Jack Nicklaus

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

Once you play a tournament, you're playing against the golf course, you're playing against yourself and trying to do the best you can. — Jack Nicklaus

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

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

I knew that if I kept the pressure on and didn't do anything stupid I would probably win. — Jack Nicklaus

Any golfer worth his salt has to cross the sea and try to win the British Open. — Jack Nicklaus

I'm tired of giving my best and not having it be good enough. — Jack Nicklaus

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

I never thought about being No. 1. I just kept trying to be No. 1. — Jack Nicklaus

If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at 46, I can win the Kentucky Derby at 54. — Bill Shoemaker

Augusta National is a young man's golf course, and you really need a young man's nerves to play on it. — Jack Nicklaus

There's a guy who won't be in contention. There's another one I don't have to worry about. — Jack Nicklaus

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

I know it sounds selfish, wanting to do something no one else has done. But that's what you're out here for - to separate yourself from everyone else. — Jack Nicklaus

Temper is the one thing you can't get rid of by losing it. — Jack Nicklaus

The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning. — Jack Nicklaus

Confidence is believing in your own ability, knowing what you have to do to win. My confidence was developed through preparation. — Jack Nicklaus

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety. — Jack Nicklaus

I don't think about winning the Masters as part of the slam. You want to win the Masters because of what it means to the game. — Jack Nicklaus

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

It's difficult to excel at something you don't truly enjoy. — Jack Nicklaus

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 venue. — Jack Nicklaus

Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You've got to believe you can play a shot instead of wondering where your next bad shot is coming from. — Jack Nicklaus

As long as I'm prepared, I always expect to win. — Jack Nicklaus

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

We all would like to struggle like Tiger is struggling. — Jack Nicklaus

This is a tournament. The others are all championships. — Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus is a legend in his spare time. — Chi Chi Rodriguez

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

Talent isn't as important as the work and dedication necessary to become competent. — Jack Nicklaus

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

Essentially, he has been retired since he was 21. — Jack Nicklaus

Every immortal except Jack Nicklaus has hit a wall and stopped making putts he had to make in order to win. Jack did it for 20 years. — Dan Jenkins

Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best. — Jack Nicklaus

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

I never missed a putt in my mind. — Jack Nicklaus

I can barely turn on my computer! — Jack Nicklaus

I had polio when I was 13. I started feeling stiff, my joints ached, and over a two-week period I lost my coordination and 20 pounds. — Jack Nicklaus

You have to love something and have a passion for it to be disciplined. My commitment was purely to golf — Jack Nicklaus

Golf is you against yourself. — Jack Nicklaus

The golf course is always in good shape. Paul Latshaw does a reasonable job. — Jack Nicklaus

Then Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus come in. I'll caddie for Jack. — Chi Chi Rodriguez

All my life I wanted to play golf like Jack Nicklaus, and now I do. — Paul Harvey

I never worried about money, except that I knew that all I had to worry about was golf. As long as I could play, I was going to make money. — Jack Nicklaus

It takes hundreds of good golf shots to gain confidence, but only one bad one to lose it. — Jack Nicklaus

Oakmont, you've got to be playing slope. — Jack Nicklaus

Why are we building golf courses? Because we enjoy being outside, bringing man and nature together. — Jack Nicklaus

I don't really have a problem saying good-bye to things. All things come to an end. — Jack Nicklaus

Writers have told me more than once that I'm a better interview in defeat than in victory, which is a compliment I am extremely proud of. — Jack Nicklaus

Reflection is a scene that I will cherish forever. — Jack Nicklaus

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

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

Grand Haven will challenge the skilled player yet, because of some width to the holes, it also will be a fun course that the average player can enjoy. — Jack Nicklaus

Learn the fundamentals of the game and stick to them. Band-Aid remedies never last. — Jack Nicklaus

Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself. — Jack Nicklaus

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

Shoot eagles on the Jack Nicklaus course,
Porsche with the triple exhaust,
Seats soft like a midget's cough ... — Action Bronson

One of the worst mistakes you can make in golf is trying to force the game. — Jack Nicklaus

The game of golf was bigger than Jack Nicklaus when Jack was dominating the game. — Tim Finchem

I don't play much golf anymore. I can't - if I break 80, I'm doing pretty well. — Jack Nicklaus

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

There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there's always a new place, always a new horizon. — Jack Nicklaus

Complacency is a continuous struggle that we all have to fight. — Jack Nicklaus

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

It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus. — 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

Nobody ever remembers who finished second at anything. — Jack Nicklaus

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