Jack Nicklaus Quotes
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I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.
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A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
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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.
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Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.
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Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn't make any difference what the crisis is.
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
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Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.
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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.
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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.
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Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.
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Naturally it is nice to be widely known for worthwhile achievements, but it forces you to do many things which you don't like to do and these things take up time you want for other things.
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He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.
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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.
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I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.
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I played competitive golf all my life. Then all of a sudden, when I quit playing the game, I've got all this spare time and this energy. And certainly I wasn't ready to pack up my bags and go sit in front of the television with a shawl on.
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When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
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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.
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I can barely turn on my computer!
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It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.