Quotes by Jack Nicklaus

About Jack Nicklaus:

Jack William Nicklaus is a retired American professional golfer. He is widely regarded as the greatest professional golfer of all time, winning a total of 18 career major championships, while producing 19 second-place and 9 third-place finishes in them, over a span of 25 years. Nicklaus focused on the major championships (Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, Open Championship, and PGA Championship), and played a selective schedule of regular PGA Tour events, yet still finished with 73 victories, third on the all-time list behind Sam Snead (82) and Tiger Woods (79).
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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.

Jack Nicklaus

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.

Jack Nicklaus

But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.

Jack Nicklaus

I can barely turn on my computer!

Jack Nicklaus

I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.

Jack Nicklaus

And, of course, I'm constantly energized by designing courses around the world.

Jack Nicklaus

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.

Jack Nicklaus

I'm probably the only bottom-heavy golfer in the country.

Jack Nicklaus

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.

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

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

Jack Nicklaus

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

Jack Nicklaus

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

Jack Nicklaus

He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys can't handle it. But it looks like he can.

Jack Nicklaus

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.

Jack Nicklaus

Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.

Jack Nicklaus

My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.

Jack Nicklaus

The way I pack is I look at how long I'll be gone and I pack day for day. If I'm going on a three-day fishing trip, I plot each day. I put most of that in a little bag. If I'm going from there to work on golf courses for a few days, I plot that trip.

Jack Nicklaus

If I were to look back on my work, I think I accomplished probably about 70 to 75 percent of what I could have. Maybe 60 percent. Somewhere in that area; two-thirds of what I could have accomplished. If I had been a really dedicated person, and reall...

Jack Nicklaus

This is a game. That's all it is. It's not a war.

Jack Nicklaus

Author Bio

  • NameJack Nicklaus
  • DescriptionAmerican golfer, born 1940
  • BornJanuary 21, 1940
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGolfer
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom