370 Quotes by Jack Nicklaus

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

I don’t think about winning the Masters as part of the slam. You want to win the Masters because of what it means to the game.

Arnold’s place in history will be as the man who took golf from being a game for the few to a sport for the masses. He was the catalyst who made that happen.

If somebody says they don’t watch the leaderboard, I don’t buy that, I’m sorry. Because you’ve got to know where you are to know how to play.

He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I’ve ever seen.

This is a game. That’s all it is. It’s not a war.

It’s a great sense of accomplishment when you can take something and really think it’s really tough, and then all of a sudden you conquer it. That makes you feel pretty good.

The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I’m convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They’re not that difficult, truly.

I know it sounds selfish, wanting to do something no one else has done. But that’s what you’re out here for – to separate yourself from everyone else.