Quotes By Jack Nicklaus

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

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.

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

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.

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

Naturally it is nice to be widely known for worthwhile achievements, but it forces you to do many things which you don't like to do and these things take up time you want for other things.

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

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.

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

Why are we building golf courses? Because we enjoy being outside, bringing man and nature together.

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

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.

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.

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

People don't want to go to the dump and have a picnic, they want to go out to a beautiful place and enjoy their day. And so I think our job is to try to take the environment, take what the good Lord has given us, and expand upon it or enhance it, without destroying it.

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.

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.

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

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

Pete Dye introduced me to golf course design back in the 1960's. He came to my hometown Columbus, Ohio to work on The Golf Club.

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.

Writers have told me more than once that I'm a better interview in defeat than in victory, which is a compliment I am extremely proud of.

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.

I can barely turn on my computer!

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

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.

Focus on remedies, not faults.

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.