Jack Nicklaus Quotes
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We all would like to struggle like Tiger is struggling.
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Confidence is believing in your own ability, knowing what you have to do to win. My confidence was developed through preparation.
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I suppose I get a lot of questions about Tiger. But Tiger Woods is a tremendous talent. He plays well. He has a great work ethic. He's probably as talented of a golfer as anyone who's ever played.
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Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.
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Pressure is what you live for...if you are going to be successful in life, you're going to have pressure.
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When you lip out several putts in a row, you should never think that means that you're putting well. When you're putting well, the only question is what part of the hole it's going to fall in, not if it's going in.
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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.
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A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.
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We also play a Father/Son at home and I play with Steve, too. I try to mix it up. We play two or three times a year, but that's about it.
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Nick O'Leary loves to compete. His work ethic is fantastic, and that's what I like about him. He works, and works, and works; and if he has to get better, he gets better.
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Golf is a game of precision, not strength.
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...said Nicklaus, 'was a brotherhood, I suppose'.
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Augusta National is a young man's golf course, and you really need a young man's nerves to play on it.
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That "I don't give a darn" attitude is probably why I've shot so many good final rounds over the years when I started the day a few shots behind with nothing to lose. . . and maybe that's why I've shot so many bad last rounds when I was ahead and knew I couldn't afford a mistake.
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Before every shot, I go to the movies
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Golf really excites me only when the course is difficult and challenging. I love competing. The pressure of competition against fine holes and fine players makes me feel very much alive.
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I understand golf is a game, and I've never treated it as anything else. Family is something that's very special, and so they all contributed to the room. They all contributed to what my life was, my career was.
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The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.
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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.
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I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals.
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If there is one thing I have learned during my years as a professional, it is that the only thing constant about golf is its inconstancy.
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[My son] Michael came along and he played a little bit of everything. He went to Georgia Tech on a golf scholarship.
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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 Tiger Woods can.
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The one strongest, most important part of my game is that I want to be the best. I won't accept anything less that that. My ability to concentrate and work toward hat goal has been my greatest asset.
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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.
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When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
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I know it sounds selfish, wanting to do something no one else has done. But that's what you're out here for - to separate yourself from everyone else.
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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.
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If you're going to be a player people will remember, you have to win the Open at St. Andrews.
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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.
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