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Essentially, he has been retired since he was 21.

Jack Nicklaus

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Jack Nicklaus
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 21
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Columbus
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Jack William Nicklaus
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The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.
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My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.
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Nick O'Leary is a tough kid. He doesn't use gloves. It's freezing outside and he's obviously wearing short sleeves like all the other guys that let their guns stick out.
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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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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.
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The holes are numbered.
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There's more to be learned here [St. Andrews] about course design than anywhere. Collection bunkers, false fronts, bump shots. The fundamentals of design became fundamental because of what's here. And it happened accidentally. Or maybe accidentally on purpose.
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Oakmont, you've got to be playing slope.
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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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Through years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.
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I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.
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This is a tournament. The others are all championships.
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All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.
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I'm deadly serious even when I play tennis against my kids. I want to beat their brains out.
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I don't really have a problem saying good-bye to things. All things come to an end.
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Jones is the greatest golfer who ever lived and probably ever will live. That's my goal. Bobby Jones. It's the only goal.
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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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I don't think you ever will yourself to win. I think you prepare yourself the best you can, get yourself in the best mindset you can get in, and go after it.
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Pete Dye introduced me to golf course design back in the 1960's. He came to my hometown Columbus, Ohio to work on The Golf Club.
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If I have a weakness, it's probably ice cream. That's where I get lax, sloppy. I'll sneak into the refrigerator at night and take two or three bites and put it back. Butter pecan. Only two or three bites, but it shows.
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