The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn’t control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. Jack Nicklaus Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Golfers have a tendency to be very masochistic. They like to punish themselves for some reason. A lot of them like tough courses. Jack Nicklaus Read Quote
I’ve wanted to design golf courses ever since I was a kid. I suppose it comes from the way I’ve played the game. To find the proper way to play any hole, I’ve always begun by asking myself what the architect has tried to do with it. Jack Nicklaus Read Quote
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. Jack Nicklaus Read Quote
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 Read Quote
It’s hard not to play golf that’s up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicklaus Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset. Jack Nicklaus Read Quote
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 Read Quote
