Jack Nicklaus Quotes - Page 4

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

Who in the world remembers who won the 1975 Westchester Classic or the 1978 Western Open? Basically, the majors are the only comparison over time . . . played on the same courses for generations. All the best players are always there.

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.

Sometimes, I'm an ogre. I can be short. I'll walk into the office some days and I've gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, and everybody knows it. I'm a perfectionist. I like to be organized, and I like to get everything done today.

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

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

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

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

Nobody ever remembers who finished second at anything.

If I had only one more round to play, I would choose to play it at Pebble Beach. I've loved this course from the first time I saw it. It's possibly the best in the world.

The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.

The game is meant to be fun.

Golf really excites me only when the course is difficult and challenging. I love competing. The pressure of competition against fine holes and fine players makes me feel very much alive.

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

I don't think you ever will yourself to win. I think you prepare yourself the best you can, get yourself in the best mindset you can get in, and go after it.

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

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.

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

I've always tried to play golf with a golf club. I have a hard time driving with my rifle. I mean, 18 is really narrow ... I have no problem with the course, except for the tee shot on 18.

Mostly I built golf courses the way I played golf, which was left-to-right. But I learned very rapidly that people wanted to see more than just the way I played golf and that I had to balance up what I was doing, right-to-left, left-to-right, etc.

Essentially, he has been retired since he was 21.

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

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

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

Reflection is a scene that I will cherish forever.