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All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.
Jack Nicklaus
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Jack Nicklaus
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 21
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Golf really excites me only when the course is difficult and challenging. I love competing. The pressure of competition against fine holes and fine players makes me feel very much alive.
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It's difficult to excel at something you don't truly enjoy.
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I don't think about winning the Masters as part of the slam. You want to win the Masters because of what it means to the game.
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Temper is the one thing you can't get rid of by losing it.
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The worse you're performing, the more you must work mentally and emotionally. The greatest and toughest art in golf is playing badly well. All the true greats have been masters at it.
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The US Open flag eliminates a lot of players. Some players just weren't meant to win the US Open. Quite often, they know it.
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I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.
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A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
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This is a game. That's all it is. It's not a war.
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The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.
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Pressure is what you live for...if you are going to be successful in life, you're going to have pressure.
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
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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.
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Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
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The holes are numbered.
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I think my boys handled it pretty much the same way with their children, but my grandsons all ended up playing football or lacrosse.
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Every putt is different. Your feet dictate the stroke by how they feel on the green. I just never used the same stroke on every putt.
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A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course.
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I have a couple [of grandsons] that are in college playing lacrosse. It's great and it's fun. But they all also play golf a little bit.
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It's a great sense of accomplishment when you can take something and really think it's really tough, and then all of a sudden you conquer it. That makes you feel pretty good.
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