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

A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
Jack Nicklaus

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.
Jack Nicklaus

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.
Jack Nicklaus

Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.
Jack Nicklaus

Focus on remedies, not faults.
Jack Nicklaus

Golf is a better game played downhill.
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

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


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

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

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.
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

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

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

Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.
Jack Nicklaus

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

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