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This is a game. That's all it is. It's not a war.

Jack Nicklaus

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Jack Nicklaus
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 21
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Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.
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Whether it's pool or Ping Pong, I can't stand to have my kids beat me. Especially Ping Pong! And when they beat me, they just needle the devil out of me. That's fine. I'd rather have that than let them win a shallow victory.
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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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Talent isn't as important as the work and dedication necessary to become competent.
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Golf is you against yourself.
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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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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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The one strongest, most important part of my game is that I want to be the best. I won't accept anything less that that. My ability to concentrate and work toward hat goal has been my greatest asset.
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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 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.
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The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning.
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Temper is the one thing you can't get rid of by losing it.
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He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn't try to learn how to get better.
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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.
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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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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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I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.
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If there is one thing golf demands above all else, it is honesty.
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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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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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