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Jack Nicklaus Golf Quotes & Sayings

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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

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

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

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

Keeping the head still is golf's one universal, unarguable fundamental. — Jack Nicklaus

People only do their best at things they truly enjoy — Jack Nicklaus

The holes are numbered. — 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can't play if I can't compete. — Jack Nicklaus

It is a big adjustment but I've always loved that old saying of Jack Nicklaus: 'I retired from golf to go to work.' That sums it up for me. — Greg Rusedski

You don't think anything about age when you're playing [golf]. I mean, why would you ever think about that. — Jack Nicklaus

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

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

The US Open flag eliminates a lot of players. Some players just weren't meant to win the US Open. Quite often, they know it. — Jack Nicklaus

If you're going to be a player people will remember, you have to win the Open at St. Andrews. — Jack Nicklaus

I don't know if I'll ever do it again or not, but frankly I don't really care. — Jack Nicklaus

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

If you want to hit it farther, hit it better. — Jack Nicklaus

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

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

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

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

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

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

Golf is you against yourself. — Jack Nicklaus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nobody ever remembers who finished second at anything. — 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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