It's difficult to excel at something you don't truly enjoy. Jack Nicklaus More Quotes by Jack Nicklaus More Quotes From Jack Nicklaus I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals. Jack Nicklaus fundamentals philosophy believe 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. Jack Nicklaus age time people If I had only one more round to play, I would choose to play it at Pebble Beach. I've loved this course from the first time I saw it. It's possibly the best in the world. Jack Nicklaus play beach world We don't play golf often [with kids] because they don't play that much anymore - because their kids don't play. It's like anything else - fathers these days end up in the parks on the weekends and they have their kids into lacrosse or soccer or whatever it might be. Jack Nicklaus soccer father kids People don't want to go to the dump and have a picnic, they want to go out to a beautiful place and enjoy their day. And so I think our job is to try to take the environment, take what the good Lord has given us, and expand upon it or enhance it, without destroying it. Jack Nicklaus beautiful jobs thinking My workout was playing other sports and I always played tennis, football, basketball, threw a baseball - I was always doing something to keep me active. That's how I kept my body going. Jack Nicklaus basketball baseball sports If you'd asked me at 30 where I'd be during the Masters when I was 46, I'd have pictured myself on a boat fishing, smoking a cigar, drinking a mint julep and watching it on television. Jack Nicklaus fishing drinking golf I think we have more good players today [2016] than we've ever had in the game of golf. And I think that's saying a lot because we had a lot of good players when I played. I think you had a bit of a lag in there for a while, that Tiger was just so much better than everybody else that he really didn't put anybody in with him. Jack Nicklaus player golf thinking A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else. Jack Nicklaus office golf thinking Augusta National is a young man's golf course, and you really need a young man's nerves to play on it. Jack Nicklaus play golf men One of the worst mistakes you can make in golf is trying to force the game. Jack Nicklaus games mistake golf We're not perfect every time. We make mistakes just like everybody else. But, we stay on top of it, and we stay with it, and we make sure we get it right. Jack Nicklaus making-mistakes perfect mistake Golfers have a tendency to be very masochistic. They like to punish themselves for some reason. A lot of them like tough courses. Jack Nicklaus golfers tough reason There are interesting times. The game is more fun when you are experimenting. One day yuor great, the next day scatterlog. But your learning. No that's not right. I probably have forgotten more about golf than I will ever learn. What you do is remember some of the things you thought you would never forget. Jack Nicklaus games golf fun Confidence is when you stand over a shot and know you're going to make it because you've done it time and time again. Jack Nicklaus shots done knows I love design in general, the creativity. Whether it is golf courses, my apparel line, ads we do or our business with AriZona, design is fun. Jack Nicklaus creativity golf fun 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. Jack Nicklaus selfish sound sports Whether it's pool or Ping Pong, I can't stand to have my kids beat me. Especially Ping Pong! And when they beat me, they just needle the devil out of me. That's fine. I'd rather have that than let them win a shallow victory. Jack Nicklaus victory winning kids Tiger Woods has been unlucky with his body. I don't know whether some of it is self-induced or some of it is just unlucky. But we never know what happens with guys. Jack Nicklaus guy body self A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out and hit a golf ball, but they have no idea how to manage what they do with the ball. I've won as many golf tournaments hitting the ball badly as I have hitting the ball well. Jack Nicklaus swings golf ideas
