370 Quotes by Jack Nicklaus

Oakmont, you’ve got to be playing slope.

I understand golf is a game, and I’ve never treated it as anything else. Family is something that’s very special, and so they all contributed to the room. They all contributed to what my life was, my career was.

Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn’t make any difference what the crisis is.

If I have a weakness, it’s probably ice cream. That’s where I get lax, sloppy. I’ll sneak into the refrigerator at night and take two or three bites and put it back. Butter pecan. Only two or three bites, but it shows.

Pursue what you love, what you are passionate about. Don’t let somebody else dictate your life’s path.

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.

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.

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 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.