Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus, nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is a retired American professional golfer. He is widely regarded as the greatest golfer of all time, winning a total of 18 career major championships, while producing 19 second-place and 9 third-place finishes in them, over a span of 25 years. Nicklaus focused on the major championships, and played a selective schedule of regular PGA Tour events, yet still finished with 73 victories, third on the all-time list behind Sam Sneadand Tiger Woods...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth21 January 1940
CityUpper Arlington, OH
CountryUnited States of America
Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.
We don’t have to do a bunch of things to figure out how to win the Ryder Cup. Just go play golf. ... I’m a little bit too casual probably about a lot of things, but you can’t force good play. Good play comes from good hard work and actually being prepared to play, not being forced to play.
Ask yourself how many shots you would have saved if you always developed a strategy before you hit, always played within your capabilities, never lost you temper, and never got down on yourself.
Talent isn't as important as the work and dedication necessary to become competent.
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.
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
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.
Pressure is what you live for...if you are going to be successful in life, you're going to have pressure.
Once you play a tournament, you're playing against the golf course, you're playing against yourself and trying to do the best you can.
If there is one thing I have learned during my years as a professional, it is that the only thing constant about golf is its inconstancy.
Golf is a nice game, but that's all. It's never going to be an exciting game to watch on TV. It's not a circus and never will be one. The audience for golf is not going to change significantly. It's always going to be people who play it, understand it, and love it.
There's a guy who won't be in contention. There's another one I don't have to worry about.
Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.
Complacency is a continuous struggle that we all have to fight.