List of Jack Nicklaus Quotes

There Are No Maladies In My Golf Game. My Golf Game Stinks.

I Think I Fail A Bit Less Than Everyone Else.

I Think In My Case Winning Fans Came As A Result Of Winning Tournaments. Certainly, I Didn't Have Too Many Supporters When I Came On Tour. I Didn't Look Like An Athlete, I Was Overweight, Had A Crew Cut, Baggy Clothes And On Top Of That I Didn't Smile Much. I Was Very Serious About My Game, Literally And Figuratively The Heavy.

I Might Cook Occasionally, But I'm Not A Good Cook. That's Not My Passion.

Tom Watson, Tom Watson Blew, What, Two Pga Championships And A U.s. Open. Did It Destroy His Life? No, It Didn't Destroy His Life. He Learned From It. He Went On To Win A Lot Of Major Championships And Obviously Became One Of The World's Great Players.

I've Never Set Up Any Golf Course That Would Favor Anybody. I Try To Make It Exactly The Opposite, Which Is What We Did At Valhalla When We Modernized It To Accommodate The Lengths Players Are Hitting It Today.

I Don't Play Much Golf Anymore. I Can't - If I Break 80, I'm Doing Pretty Well.

Oakmont Is Probably The Premier - Oakmont And Augusta National Are Probably The Top Two Set Of Greens In The Country.

Oakmont, You've Got To Be Playing Slope.

Bob Ford Is A Great Guy. He's A Great Friend. He's Done A Great Job At Oakmont And Seminole. He's A Very Quiet Man. He Doesn't Get In The Middle Of Everything, But He Understands What A Nice Job He's Done At Both Places.

Writers Have Told Me More Than Once That I'm A Better Interview In Defeat Than In Victory, Which Is A Compliment I Am Extremely Proud Of.

Barbara [my Wife] And I Said A Long Time Ago That If We Were In A Position To Help Somebody, It Would Be Kids. So When We Started The Memorial Tournament (in Columbus, Oh), Nationwide Children's Hospital, Which Saved My Daughter's Life When She Was Less Than A Year Old, Was The Beneficiary From Day One.