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Jack Nicklaus
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 21
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The holes are numbered.
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As long as I'm prepared, I always expect to win.
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I'd rather be two strokes ahead going into the last day than two strokes behind. Having said that, it's probably easier to win coming from behind. There is no fear in chasing. There is fear in being chased.
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You have to trust your kids. They have to experience life, and you just hope you've provided them a foundation for what's right and what isn't.
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Well, the biggest rival I had in my career was me.
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I guess that's why they call it Hell.
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Talent isn't as important as the work and dedication necessary to become competent.
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I think you've all heard my story about my daughter and how we felt Children's Hospital saved her life when she was less than a year old. I won't go through all of the details of that.
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Golf was my vehicle to competition and I can't play if I can't compete.
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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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A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.
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A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course.
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Essentially, he has been retired since he was 21.
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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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I like to catch fish and release them. I probably haven't killed a fish that I've caught in sport fishing for 20 years. No reason to kill it. You know, just take it and release it.
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Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.
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Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
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Golf is a game of precision, not strength.
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The importance of my legacy is not the golf course, it's what my life is, and what my life is intended to be. The game of golf is a game. My family is my life.
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Pete Egoscue has totally changed my life. Never have I experienced such complete pain relief as I have by following the Egoscue Method.
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