Jack Nicklaus Quotes
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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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A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
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Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.
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I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.
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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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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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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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Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
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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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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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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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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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A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out and hit a golf ball, but they have no idea how to manage what they do with the ball. I've won as many golf tournaments hitting the ball badly as I have hitting the ball well.
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Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.
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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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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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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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He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.
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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.
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Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
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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.
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I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.
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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.