Quotes By Jack Nicklaus

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.

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.

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

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.

A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.

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.

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

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

Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.

Did you know there's probably more golf played in Iceland than most places in the world? They play 24 hours a day in the summertime and the northern part is warmer than the southern part.

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.

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.

Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.

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

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.

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

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

I'd rather be two strokes ahead going into the last day than two strokes behind. Having said that, it's probably easier to win coming from behind. There is no fear in chasing. There is fear in being chased.

There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid.

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

See, as much as I love the game, golf was my vehicle to competition. And I love to compete.

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

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.

Well, I think that Augusta is not the same golf course that I grew up on. Bobby Jones' philosophy was giving you space off the tee; if you put it in the right side of the fairway, you ended up getting the right angle to the green.

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

When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face.

I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.

I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete.

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