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If you want to hit it farther, hit it better.

Jack Nicklaus

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Jack Nicklaus
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 21
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None of the guys did anything. We never did anything. I never really got into the workout room until I was about 40 years old. I was pretty strong and I didn't think I needed that much.
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The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning.
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I learned early in my career, where you get so wrapped up and so excited, that all of a sudden you don't think. So I worked very hard to keep myself suppressed. And that's one of the reasons I wasn't gregarious with the gallery.
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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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I'm more proud of the good rounds I've played while hitting the ball badly than of the great rounds while hitting the ball well. I understand my swing well enough to get myself through a tournament and win it. I've made it work.
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When I look back on when I grew up, not even football players lifted weights. That was back 50 years ago.
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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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The fact is, I diet every day of my life. I have to work at it. But I diet so I can pig out.
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Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
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Through years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.
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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.
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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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