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.
Tee your ball high...air offers less resistance than dirt. - Jack Nicklaus
Tee your ball high...air offers less resistance than dirt.
- Jack Nicklaus
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation. - Jack Nicklaus
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
The worse you're performing, the more you must work mentally and emotionally. The greatest and toughest art in golf is "playing badly well." All the … - Jack Nicklaus
The worse you're performing, the more you must work mentally and emotionally. The greatest and toughest art in golf is "playing badly well." All the …
Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself. - Jack Nicklaus
Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.
I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head. - Jack Nicklaus
I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head.
This is a tournament. The others are all championships. - Jack Nicklaus
This is a tournament. The others are all championships.
It takes hundreds of good golf shots to gain confidence, but only one bad one to lose it. - Jack Nicklaus
It takes hundreds of good golf shots to gain confidence, but only one bad one to lose it.
Focus on remedies, not faults. - Jack Nicklaus
Focus on remedies, not faults.
Talent isn't as important as the work and dedication necessary to become competent. - Jack Nicklaus
Talent isn't as important as the work and dedication necessary to become competent.
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