Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jack Nicklaus

He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys can't handle it. But it looks like he can.

Jack Nicklaus

A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.

Jack Nicklaus

Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.

Jack Nicklaus

The game is meant to be fun.

Jack Nicklaus

Age doesn't make a difference either. Whether you're 20 or 70, you can still play together. There are so many different things you can do with golf that you can't do in other sports.

Jack Nicklaus

You're not going to tell me that you're going to find a person who's not a very good athlete and he or she is going to be a great player. But anyone can play the game. That's the nice thing about the game. You don't really have to be a world-class athlete to play the sport [golf] and have fun because of handicap systems.

Jack Nicklaus

I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.

Jack Nicklaus

There is no room in your mind for negative thoughts. The busier you keep yourself with the particulars of shot assessment and execution, the less chance your mind has to dwell on the emotional. This is sheer intensity.

Jack Nicklaus

What's interesting about golf is that most athletes end up gravitating toward golf because it is such a difficult sport.

Jack Nicklaus

You get the kids today into the sport, and then they can't get to the "next level." I mean, come on, that's a bunch of junk.

Jack Nicklaus

Athletes today get into a single-minded, one sport routine. I can't stand it.

Jack Nicklaus

Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.

Jack Nicklaus

Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You've got to believe you can play a shot instead of wondering where your next bad shot is coming from.

Jack Nicklaus

I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.

Jack Nicholson

The fuel for the sports fan is the ability to have private theories.

Jack Nicholson

I think the Greeks invented sports as an antidote to philosophy. In sports there are absolute rules. It's not, What about this? What about that? Either you're safe or you're out. It's ten yards or it's not. It's in the hoop or out of the hoop. It's certain.

Jack Nicholson

I have to keep myself in check when I go to the kids' sports events. I sit waaay in the back. I make sure I don't do too much cheering, you know what I mean? I'm still not quite adjusted to this modern school of thought: Oh, it doesn't matter who wins. I'm not all the way there yet, but I accept it from the back row.

Jack Nicholson

I think the Greeks invented sports as an antidote to philosophy.

Jack Kent Cooke

Sports are one of the main cultural activities on the face of the earth.

Jack Kevorkian

The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy with bread and their spectator sports. The Super Bowl means more to them than any right.

Jack Johnson

The possession of muscular strength and the courage to use it in contests with other men for physical supremacy does not necessarily imply a lack of appreciation for the finer and better things of life.

Jack Brickhouse

I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me. I like the 'let's forget our troubles and have some excitement' approach. I'm convinced you can combine this with reporting integrity and accuracy.

Jack Buck

I don't believe what I just saw!

Jack Buck

I don't think there is anyone in any sport who combined the supreme talent with a great personality. He is also is one of the most wonderful people who ever walked the face of the earth. I don't think there's anybody who compares to Stan Musial on both fronts.

Jack Abramoff

I don't pay much attention to sports.

Mark Zupan

Just because we are in wheelchairs doesn't mean we can't play a fast-paced, full-contact sport.

Barry McGuigan

I'd had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I'd sort ot fallen out of love with the sport.

Billy Corgan

I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car.

Bill Taylor

Players win games, teams win championships.

Bill Tilden

Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater. When I step on the court I feel like Anna Pavlova. Or like Adelina Patti. Or even like Sarah Bernhardt. I see the footlights in front of me. I hear the whisperings of the audience. I feel an icy shudder. Win or die! Now or never! It's the crisis of my life.

Bill Simmons

You always hear that tragedies put sports in perspective, that they prove we shouldn't care this much about the successes and failures of a bunch of wealthy strangers. I'm going the other way - sometimes, sports put everything else in perspective.

Bill Simmons

I always wanted to create a site that was sports and pop culture. '30 for 30 had a big impact because I loved how that was about finding, empowering and working with these incredible directors, and I thought the same thing could work for writers.

Bill Shankly

I never drop a player I only make changes.