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Jack Nicklaus
American
Athlete
About the author
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,
American
Athlete
#People
#Theory
When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Want
This is a game. That's all it is. It's not a war.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#War
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,
American
Athlete
#Time
#Play
#Body
#Concern
There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Golf
The older you get the stronger the wind gets and it's always in your face.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Wind
The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Chance
#Play
#Winning
The game is meant to be fun.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Fun
Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Success
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,
American
Athlete
#Play
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Time
#Golf
It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Play
#Golf
Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Years
#Experience
I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Golf
#Trying
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,
American
Athlete
#Life
#People
#Habit
#Help
#Tools
#Habits
A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Golf
A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Anxiety
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,
American
Athlete
#Work
#Talent
#Confidence
Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
Focus on remedies, not faults.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Focus
#Faults
#Remedies
Golf is a better game played downhill.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Golf
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,
American
Athlete
#Talent
#Dedication
He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Golf
#Sound
My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.
Jack Nicklaus,
American
Athlete
#Work
#Ability
#Goal
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,
American
Athlete
#Will
#Golf
#Makeup