More - Jack Nicklaus Quotes

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

Jack Nicklaus

 American Athlete Quotes Game

He found out in South Africa that he could get to the next level, ... He keeps chipping away at that next level, and, you know, I would be very, very surprised if he doesn't go right to that next level the next time he's out.

Jack Nicklaus

 Africa

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.

Jack Nicklaus

 American Athlete Quotes Golf

Whether they've gone overboard, I'm not sure, but they've eliminated a lot of guys.

Jack Nicklaus

 

I think possibly the international team looks stronger than the U.S. team, but then I use the argument that we're playing on American soil ... I don't know whether that holds any water.

Jack Nicklaus

 Argument

I would say that the International Team would be the favorite this week. I don't think there's any question about that coming into this event.

Jack Nicklaus

 

I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head. First I see the ball where I want it to finish, nice and white and sitting up high on the bright green grass. Then the scene quickly changes, and I see the ball going there: its path, trajectory, and shape, even its behavior on landing. Then there is a sort of fade-out, and the next scene shows me making the kind of swing that will turn the previous images into reality.

Jack Nicklaus

 Focus Imagination

He wanted a picture with him and his son, ... I had no intent of stopping, but Nick wanted to get a picture. Obviously, he had that all teed up to start with.

Jack Nicklaus

 

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

Jack Nicklaus

 Contention

When the British Open is in Scotland, there's something special about it. And when it's at St. Andrews, it's even greater.

Jack Nicklaus