Jack Nicklaus quote: "I haven't figured it out. Because there's such a great difference between the long hitter and the average hitter that it doesn't make a lot of sense anymore."

If I have a weakness, it's probably ice cream. That's where I get lax, sloppy. I'll snea...
JACK NICKLAUS

A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out ...
JACK NICKLAUS

I had polio when I was 13. I started feeling stiff, my joints ached, and over a two-week period I lo...
JACK NICKLAUS

Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.
JACK NICKLAUS

He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.
JACK NICKLAUS

A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.
JACK NICKLAUS

Well, the biggest rival I had in my career was me.
JACK NICKLAUS

Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.
JACK NICKLAUS

I'd rather be two strokes ahead going into the last day than two strokes behind. Having said tha...
JACK NICKLAUS

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

I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.
JACK NICKLAUS

The game is meant to be fun.
JACK NICKLAUS

He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know h...
JACK NICKLAUS

I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy...
JACK NICKLAUS

There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there's always a new place, always...
JACK NICKLAUS

The older you get the stronger the wind gets -- and it's always in your face.
JACK NICKLAUS

Learn the fundamentals of the game at your leisure and stick with them. Band-aid remedies never last...
JACK NICKLAUS

Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
JACK NICKLAUS

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural ta...
JACK NICKLAUS

My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.
JACK NICKLAUS

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

I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It...
JACK NICKLAUS

He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn,...
JACK NICKLAUS

Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate a...
JACK NICKLAUS

The fact is, I diet every day of my life. I have to work at it. But I diet so I can pig out.
JACK NICKLAUS

The Senior Tour is a good concept, although frankly I'm not astounded at its continued success. ...
JACK NICKLAUS

There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me ...
JACK NICKLAUS

I first saw Arnold Palmer when I was just a kid and he came to Columbus to play in a tournament. I w...
JACK NICKLAUS

The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom ...
JACK NICKLAUS

I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I coul...
JACK NICKLAUS

Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
JACK NICKLAUS

How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell u...
JACK NICKLAUS

The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning.
JACK NICKLAUS

People don't want to go to the dump and have a picnic, they want to go out to a beautiful place ...
JACK NICKLAUS

Learn the fundamentals of the game and stick to them. Band-Aid remedies never last.
JACK NICKLAUS

I've spent most of my life golfing - the rest I've just wasted
JACK NICKLAUS

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.
JACK NICKLAUS

He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot ...
JACK NICKLAUS

There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me comb...
JACK NICKLAUS

Golf is a better game played downhill.
JACK NICKLAUS

Focus on remedies, not faults.
JACK NICKLAUS

Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's levels of aspiration and expectation.
JACK NICKLAUS

Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You've got to believe you can play a shot instead...
JACK NICKLAUS

Well, I think that Augusta is not the same golf course that I grew up on. Bobby Jones' philosoph...
JACK NICKLAUS

That is what was special to me, ... to see them come together as a team. They worked and cheered and...
JACK NICKLAUS

I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grand...
JACK NICKLAUS

A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
JACK NICKLAUS

Golfers have a tendency to be very masochistic. They like to punish themselves for some reason. A lo...
JACK NICKLAUS

I love design in general, the creativity. Whether it is golf courses, my apparel line, ads we do or ...
JACK NICKLAUS

Mostly I built golf courses the way I played golf, which was left-to-right. But I learned very rapid...
JACK NICKLAUS

I've wanted to design golf courses ever since I was a kid. I suppose it comes from the way I'...
JACK NICKLAUS

Why are we building golf courses? Because we enjoy being outside, bringing man and nature together.
JACK NICKLAUS

The way I pack is I look at how long I'll be gone and I pack day for day. If I'm going on a ...
JACK NICKLAUS

Pete Dye introduced me to golf course design back in the 1960's. He came to my hometown Columbus...
JACK NICKLAUS

There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.
JACK NICKLAUS

When the British Open is in Scotland, there's something special about it. And when it's at St. Andre...
JACK NICKLAUS

The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason f...
JACK NICKLAUS

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

[His best player, Tiger Woods, walked the fairway with a bag of ice pressed against his back. What N...
JACK NICKLAUS

When Tiger was on the team in Australia (at the 1998 Presidents Cup), he rode on the bus with everyb...
JACK NICKLAUS

That is the best I have seen Tiger swing -- perhaps ever.
JACK NICKLAUS

You could do it either way you want to do it, ... I could have 20 and Tiger could have 13. I mean, I...
JACK NICKLAUS

In '98 when I captained [in Australia], the guys told me afterwards, 'We were there, but we really d...
JACK NICKLAUS

It was at the Sahara. Ang hadn't yet cashed my check when we walked up to the craps table together. ...
JACK NICKLAUS

I think they've ruined it from a tournament standpoint. They've totally eliminated what (Masters cre...
JACK NICKLAUS

Ask yourself how many shots you would have saved if you never lost your temper, never got down on yo...
JACK NICKLAUS

Oddly enough it's the only golf club that I won a major with that I don't have. I'm sure one of my b...
JACK NICKLAUS

I don't even remember what I did that year.
JACK NICKLAUS

But those are just minor things, nothing really.
JACK NICKLAUS

Golf is a game of precision, not strength.
JACK NICKLAUS

Jeff did a tremendous job for us in South Africa,
JACK NICKLAUS

I would go to Europe and see him hitting balls,
JACK NICKLAUS

I'm 100 times better than I was when I started in this business,
JACK NICKLAUS

Nan hit the ball farther than I did, ... I said, 'When was the last time you played golf?' She said,...
JACK NICKLAUS

For the first time I felt like they used to feel when they played with me - Mark hits it so hard and...
JACK NICKLAUS

He'd count the Bangkok Four-Ball if you let him.
JACK NICKLAUS

When asked 'You really know your way around the course. What's your secret?' The holes are numbered.
JACK NICKLAUS

Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.
JACK NICKLAUS

Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adver...
JACK NICKLAUS

I guess that's why they call it Hell.
JACK NICKLAUS

It's hard not to play golf that's up to
JACK NICKLAUS

Angelo was known for his ... grey afro, but he should also be known for being an excellent caddie, ....
JACK NICKLAUS

Angelo was known for his ... gray afro, but he should also be known for being an excellent caddie.
JACK NICKLAUS

I think they've ruined it from a tournament standpoint.
JACK NICKLAUS

If there is one hole you'd grumble about the most, it would be that one.
JACK NICKLAUS

I learned early in my career, where you get so wrapped up and so excited, that all of a sudden you d...
JACK NICKLAUS

to be greater than the Ryder Cup is simply because the scope is larger.
JACK NICKLAUS

I told Tiger that he is more than welcome. He may choose to come to The Bear's Club, and he may choo...
JACK NICKLAUS

The first guy on the moon throws a golf ball, not a football. He throws a golf ball.
JACK NICKLAUS

I also said that if he won the PGA Championship I would make him my first alternate and still have h...
JACK NICKLAUS

I missed a short putt at the last hole for a 62. I'm still mad about that.
JACK NICKLAUS

We got drummed, 6 and 5, ... We weren't even in the match. Stockton wasn't used to playing out of th...
JACK NICKLAUS

In the spirit of the game, my guys have agreed that we will share the Cup, ... Competition is about ...
JACK NICKLAUS

It was like I could still summon what I had and still could use it coming down the stretch.
JACK NICKLAUS

That I could still summon what I had back when, that I could still use it coming down the stretch, t...
JACK NICKLAUS

I wish I had kept my damn mouth shut.
JACK NICKLAUS

I had dinner with Ernie Els. I think he said he hit a 4-iron and a 7-iron.
JACK NICKLAUS

I have never seen two teams that played harder or played better. I did not find a team that deserved...
JACK NICKLAUS

I think with today's equipment you probably can.
JACK NICKLAUS

I am glad that I have somebody that can carry me. I think that Arnold and Gary and I all have somebo...
JACK NICKLAUS

More than Arnold and I put together.
JACK NICKLAUS

Maturity plays a great part in golf. It really takes a long time to truly know how to play, to learn...
JACK NICKLAUS

I think they've ruined it from a tournament standpoint. Augusta has meant a ton to me in my lifetime...
JACK NICKLAUS

As the afternoon went on, I was kind of disappointed it ended up 3-3.
JACK NICKLAUS

Over the first three rounds you're playing the course. In the final round, if you're in contention, ...
JACK NICKLAUS

When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
JACK NICKLAUS

I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.
JACK NICKLAUS

Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.
JACK NICKLAUS

I was delighted to finish with a 72, the best round I've shot this year. I've played well and I've m...
JACK NICKLAUS

Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.
JACK NICKLAUS

We got our butts kicked,
JACK NICKLAUS

Who knows what's going to happen in singles? We've played three days and we're dead even. The two te...
JACK NICKLAUS

I think it was a little disappointing but the guys fought hard,
JACK NICKLAUS

We couldn't even see the hole, let alone try to putt,
JACK NICKLAUS

I hit the putt at 17 where I wanted to. The greens are really difficult to read. I felt like it was ...
JACK NICKLAUS

I think it was a little disappointing but the guys fought hard. I saw places it could have been wors...
JACK NICKLAUS

I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place ...
JACK NICKLAUS

Did you know there's probably more golf played in Iceland than most places in the world? They pl...
JACK NICKLAUS

When I fly in a helicopter, I insist there be two sets of controls, one for me in case something hap...
JACK NICKLAUS

You have to trust your kids. They have to experience life, and you just hope you've provided the...
JACK NICKLAUS

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.
JACK NICKLAUS

I never worried about money, except that I knew that all I had to worry about was golf. As long as I...
JACK NICKLAUS

I'm probably the only bottom-heavy golfer in the country.
JACK NICKLAUS

Essentially, he has been retired since he was 21.
JACK NICKLAUS

Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world...
JACK HERER

I hope people think of me as a bit older. I do have a beard. That makes me look very old.
JACK WHITEHALL

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.
JACK NICHOLSON

The financial crisis is a stark reminder that transparency and disclosure are essential in today'...
JACK REED

The only two things you can truly depend upon are gravity and greed.
JACK PALANCE

Perfectionists are their own devils.
JACK KIRBY

Control your own destiny or someone else will.
JACK WELCH

I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.
JACK CANFIELD

If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensatio...
JACK WELCH

Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay ma...
JACK KEROUAC

It was only after the Grimms published two editions primarily for adults that they changed their att...
JACK ZIPES

Though the Grimms kept about 100 of the tales from the first edition, they changed them a good deal.
JACK ZIPES

In 1995, I founded a storytelling program for children called Neighborhood Bridges in collaboration ...
JACK ZIPES

I have a daughter, Hanna, and I never read fairy tales to her. But I did tell her bedtime tales and ...
JACK ZIPES

'Once Upon a Time', 'Mirror Mirror' - those shows and films focus on women and their...
JACK ZIPES

Fairy tales are with us day in and day out, not just in commercials, but references in the theater, ...
JACK ZIPES

The Grimm collections were never intended for children. Not because kids were excluded, but because ...
JACK ZIPES

Almost every single commercial on television for shampoo, sports shoes, drinks, food, clothes, perfu...
JACK ZIPES

What the Greeks and Romans considered myths, we consider fairy tales. We can see how very clearly th...
JACK ZIPES

Until I was diagnosed with mouth cancer, I'd never heard of it.
JACK WILD

I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business h...
JACK WILD

I'm thought of as a celebrity. Everything I've ever done... has been for children. As long a...
JACK WILD

I look at what I've gone through in my career and I really shouldn't be talking to you now. ...
JACK WILD

I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Stree...
JACK WILD

It's very hard not to let fame affect you because you are continually being told how good you ar...
JACK WILD

There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.
JACK WILD

At an age when most youngsters are preparing for their GCSEs, I was suddenly a jet-setter, briefly t...
JACK WILD

My lifestyle had made me a walking time bomb.
JACK WILD

I know who Jack Whittaker is. And some days I don't like who I am.
JACK WHITTAKER

It doesn't bother me because I can tell everyone to kiss off.
JACK WHITTAKER

If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.
JACK WHITTAKER

I'd do the same things, but I'd be a little more quiet.
JACK WHITTAKER

I won the lottery. I don't care what it costs.
JACK WHITTAKER

I'm simply a businessman who has seen his share of failures and successes.
JACK WHITTAKER

Part of doing stand-up is to get things off your chest. It's a bit like being in a psychiatrist&...
JACK WHITEHALL

I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing.
JACK WHITEHALL

Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're no...
JACK WHITEHALL

My dad doesn't hug me enough!
JACK WHITEHALL

I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I ...
JACK WHITEHALL

My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't suc...
JACK WHITEHALL

I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.
JACK WHITEHALL

I've definitely become smuttier. When I first started out, I had these aspirations: 'I'm...
JACK WHITEHALL

I never know what defines you as being posh. I went to a posh school, definitely.
JACK WHITEHALL

There's a real sense of camaraderie with sitcoms.
JACK WHITEHALL

I eat healthily, as it keeps my energy up.
JACK WHITEHALL

Society is so divided in its perception of public school people. Most people who went to public scho...
JACK WHITEHALL

I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to ha...
JACK WHITEHALL

Live stand-up is my thing. I love being on stage and just messing around.
JACK WHITEHALL

When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck te...
JACK WHITEHALL

Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the sa...
JACK WHITEHALL

I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like ...
JACK WHITEHALL

If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
JACK WHITEHALL

I wish I was a bit shorter, as I think shorter people have better walks. Freddie Fox, the actor, is ...
JACK WHITEHALL

I vote for whoever will annoy my dad.
JACK WHITEHALL

When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.
JACK WHITEHALL

I'm not actually posh; I'm really rough and from the wrong side of the tracks. I grew up in ...
JACK WHITEHALL

I like to think I'm a bit smarter than I sometimes let on.
JACK WHITEHALL

I think people respect honesty rather than hiding it.
JACK WHITEHALL

If I'm in an uncomfortable situation, I think I can say something funny to defuse it. Sometimes ...
JACK WHITEHALL

Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll ...
JACK WHITE

A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. Th...
JACK WHITE

I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so ...
JACK WHITE

I've always felt it's ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You're my fri...
JACK WHITE

There's Catholic guilt about things, then there's the guilt of being the youngest of 10, so ...
JACK WHITE

If you have twenty guys in the room and you just bring in one girl, you change the entire mood and e...
JACK WHITE

We have a secret project at Third Man where we want to have the first vinyl record played in outer s...
JACK WHITE

I would never purposely sing a song about someone I love, I wouldn't want to embarrass them. But...
JACK WHITE

I think that sometimes love gets in the way of itself - you know, love interrupts itself. We want th...
JACK WHITE

I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into thing...
JACK WHITE

I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. Ther...
JACK WHITE

Nowadays, everybody assumes, when they wake up in the morning, if they have a question, it will get ...
JACK WHITE

I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my li...
JACK WHITE

I was in a Montessori school. There was a drum circle with all the kids passing around a little bong...
JACK WHITE

With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. ...
JACK WHITE

When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to h...
JACK WHITE

I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than ...
JACK WHITE

I haven't figured it out. Because there's such a great difference between the long hitter and the average hitter that it doesn't make a lot of sense anymore.

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Jack Nicklaus

I haven't figured it out. Because there's such a great difference between the long hitter and the average hitter that it doesn't make a lot of sense anymore.

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