370 Quotes by Jack Nicklaus

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.

Sometimes, I’m an ogre. I can be short. I’ll walk into the office some days and I’ve gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, and everybody knows it. I’m a perfectionist. I like to be organized, and I like to get everything done today.

I might cook occasionally, but I’m not a good cook. That’s not my passion.

Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can’t play if I can’t compete.

Don’t be too proud to take lessons. I’m not.

I don’t think you would have missed that putt, but in these circumstances, I would never give you the opportunity.

Augusta National is a young man’s golf course, and you really need a young man’s nerves to play on it.

Over the first three rounds you’re playing the course. In the final round, if you’re in contention, you’re playing the man.

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