Jack Nicklaus quotes

It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus. (Jack Nicklaus)
The older you get the stronger the wind gets-and it's always in your face. View quote
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Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation. View quote
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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. View quote
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Focus on remedies, not faults. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset. View quote
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A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave. View quote
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The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible. View quote
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Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's levels of aspiration and expectation. (Jack Nicklaus)
I first saw Arnold Palmer when I was just a kid and he came to Columbus to play in a tournament. I watched him on the driving range hit balls that day. We went on to become great friends. View quote
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I can barely turn on my computer! View quote
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And, of course, I'm constantly energized by designing courses around the world. View quote
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In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't. View quote
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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. View quote
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All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world. View quote
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I've wanted to design golf courses ever since I was a kid. I suppose it comes from the way I've played the game. To find the proper way to play any hole, I've always begun by asking myself what the architect has tried to do with it. View quote
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I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf. View quote
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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. View quote
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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)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety. View quote
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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. View quote
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