370 Quotes by Jack Nicklaus

It's difficult to excel at something you don't truly enjoy.

We called [my son] Gary "Little Herschel" when he was in middle school - but then he didn't grow any taller. He ended up playing golf and being a really nice golfer.

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

If I had only one more round to play, I would choose to play it at Pebble Beach. I've loved this course from the first time I saw it. It's possibly the best in the world.

In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't.

That's sort of overkill. We've had 70 years of the Ryder Cup, and it's gotten along just fine. The pendulum will swing back without making a monumental thing about it.

Confidence is when you stand over a shot and know you're going to make it because you've done it time and time again.

Then, [my son] Michael came along and he played a little bit of everything. He went to Georgia Tech on a golf scholarship.

To sink a six-foot putt with thirty million people looking over your shoulder, convince yourself that, if you miss it, you will be embarrassed and poor.