Jack Nicklaus Quotes

• "Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work."
• "Focus on remedies, not faults."
• "He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn't try to learn how to get better."
• "He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen."
• "He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys can't handle it. But it looks like he can."
• "How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell us we ought to get over. Yet most bad habits are tools to help us through life."
• "I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy."
• "It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus."
• "My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset."
• "Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation."
• "There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid."
• "Why am I so determined to put the shoulder where it belongs? Women have very round shoulders that push forward slightly; this touches me and I say: "One must not hide that!" Then someone tells you: "The shoulder is on the back." I've never seen women with shoulders on their backs."
• "When asked 'You really know your way around the course. What's your secret?' The holes are numbered."
• "There isn't a flaw in his golf or his make-up [on Tiger Woods]"
• "Tee the ball high. Because years of experience have shown me that air offers less resistance to dirt."
• "Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work."
• "Focus on remedies, not faults."
• "How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell us we ought to get over. Yet most bad habits are tools to help us through life."
• "It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus."
• "Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation."