Jack Nicklaus Quotes

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

  Jack Nicklaus

• There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.

  Jack Nicklaus

• The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning.

  Jack Nicklaus

• The game is meant to be fun.

  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

• 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.

  Jack Nicklaus

• Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.

  Jack Nicklaus

• Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you’re the best.

  Jack Nicklaus

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

  Jack Nicklaus

• It’s hard not to play golf that’s up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.

  Jack Nicklaus

• 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.

  Jack Nicklaus

• I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

  Jack Nicklaus

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

  Jack Nicklaus

• How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell us we ought to get over. Yet most bad habits are tools to help us through life.

  Jack Nicklaus

• 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.

  Jack Nicklaus

• Golf is a better game played downhill.

  Jack Nicklaus

• Focus on remedies, not faults.

  Jack Nicklaus

• Don’t be too proud to take lessons. I’m not.

  Jack Nicklaus

• Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

  Jack Nicklaus

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

  Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus (67)

Birth:	21st January, 1940
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Golfer

About

Jack William Nicklaus, nicknamed The Golden Bear was born in Upper Arlington, Ohio, USA. He is a retired American professional golfer. He is widely regarded as the greatest golfer of all time, winning a record 18 career major championships, while producing 19 second-place and 9 third-place finishes, over a span of 25 years. His first professional win came in a major championship, the 1962 U.S. Open, when he defeated Palmer by three shots in a next day 18-hole playoff. He has also taken part in various other activities, including golf course design, charity work and book writing. Ohio State granted him an honorary doctorate in 1972.

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