370 Quotes by Jack Nicklaus

I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.

We don’t have to do a bunch of things to figure out how to win the Ryder Cup. Just go play golf. ... I’m a little bit too casual probably about a lot of things, but you can’t force good play. Good play comes from good hard work and actually being prepared to play, not being forced to play.

I promise you it's very simple to bring the ball back 10 percent and still keep the same characteristics.

Oakmont, you've got to be playing slope.

You have to watch your handicap. My son Steve says, "Never make a putt you don't have to."

I played competitive golf all my life. Then all of a sudden, when I quit playing the game, I've got all this spare time and this energy. And certainly I wasn't ready to pack up my bags and go sit in front of the television with a shawl on.

My boys don't play as much as they used to, but when we do go out and play, it gets competitive, that's for sure - there's no question about it.

I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head.

I had a group of guys that was pretty special, ... They wanted to win, they bonded together, they worked hard with each other and they tried everything we could to get the right pairings. They kept telling me what they wanted to do. I said, 'OK,' and that's what happened. They did it.