“To sink a six-foot putt with thirty million people looking over your shoulder, convince yourself that, if you miss it, you will be embarrassed and poor.” PeopleIfsMotivationPoorMillionsFeetMissingSixShouldersThirtyConvinceOver YouEmbarrassed Author:Jack Nicklaus
“We [with my wife] felt like we had the ability to help people not just on a local basis, but on a national basis.” PeopleHelpingFeltAbilityWifeBasesMy WifeLocals Author:Jack Nicklaus
“You try to figure out the two things that I use as the philosophy to do a golf course. The first is that most people are really interested in something being aesthetically pleasing and good to the eye. The second is that a good golfer likes good golf shots.” PeopleTryingFirstsTwoPhilosophyUseEyeCoursesFiguresShotsGolfLikesTwo ThingsGolfersGolf CourseGood Golf Author:Jack Nicklaus
“How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell us we ought to get over. Yet most bad habits are tools to help us through life.” PeopleHelpingAgeYoungTimeOughtHabitToolsAgingGet OverBad HabitsCorrecting Author: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.” PeopleSportsEnjoyDifficultTheoryBelieverFirmGolf Life Author:Jack Nicklaus
“Mostly I built golf courses the way I played golf, which was left-to-right. But I learned very rapidly that people wanted to see more than just the way I played golf and that I had to balance up what I was doing, right-to-left, left-to-right, etc.” PeopleWayWantedCoursesLeftBalanceBuiltGolfEtcGolf CourseDoing Right Author:Jack Nicklaus
“People don't want to go to the dump and have a picnic, they want to go out to a beautiful place and enjoy their day. And so I think our job is to try to take the environment, take what the good Lord has given us, and expand upon it or enhance it, without destroying it.” PeopleThinkingWantTryingJobsBeautifulGivenEnjoyLordEnvironmentDestroyingDumpPicnicsBeautiful Places Author:Jack Nicklaus
“If you're going to be a player people will remember, you have to win the Open at St. Andrews.” PeopleIfsRememberWinningPlayerGolfRemember YouRemembers YouAndrew Author:Jack Nicklaus
“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.” PeoplePlayGamesWatchesAudienceNiceTvsAnd LoveExcitingGolfCircus Author:Jack Nicklaus
“The successful people seem to have blinders on. Everything is straight ahead. They go forward and know exactly what they're going to do once they've made up their mind to do it, and by God they don't look sideways.” PeopleKnowsMindLooksMadeSeemsSuccessfulWrestlingSuccessful PeopleSidewaysBlinders Author:Jack Nicklaus
