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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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My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.
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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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They [my sons] all went to different schools and all did different things. They're about as different for five kids as you'll ever see. They don't do anything the same.
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I guess that's why they call it Hell.
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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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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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You don't think anything about age when you're playing [golf]. I mean, why would you ever think about that.
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I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.
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Why are we building golf courses? Because we enjoy being outside, bringing man and nature together.
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I've never set up any golf course that would favor anybody. I try to make it exactly the opposite, which is what we did at Valhalla when we modernized it to accommodate the lengths players are hitting it today.
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I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete.
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What's interesting about golf is that most athletes end up gravitating toward golf because it is such a difficult sport.
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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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