“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 true greats have been masters at it.” WellsHas BeensArtMastersGolfPerforming Author:Jack Nicklaus
“I'm more proud of the good rounds I've played while hitting the ball badly than of the great rounds while hitting the ball well. I understand my swing well enough to get myself through a tournament and win it. I've made it work.” WellsMadeEnoughWinningProudBallsRoundsMade ItSwingsHittingTournaments Author:Jack Nicklaus
“I never used golf as a job. I used it as a game. I always thought if I played the game well, my financial rewards would be there, but it came from, because I played well. But I had to play well to get the financial rewards.” IfsWellsPlayWould BeJobsUsedGamesGolfRewardsFinancial Author:Jack Nicklaus
“I don't play much golf anymore. I can't - if I break 80, I'm doing pretty well.” IfsWellsI CanPlayBreakGolf Author:Jack Nicklaus
“I suppose I get a lot of questions about Tiger. But Tiger Woods is a tremendous talent. He plays well. He has a great work ethic. He's probably as talented of a golfer as anyone who's ever played.” WellsPlayTalentEthicsWoodsWork EthicTigersGreat WorkGolfersGreat Work Ethic Author:Jack Nicklaus
“But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.” IfsWellsWinningPositionPreparedControl Myself Author:Jack Nicklaus
“A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out and hit a golf ball, but they have no idea how to manage what they do with the ball. I've won as many golf tournaments hitting the ball badly as I have hitting the ball well.” WellsIdeasBigsGuyCoursesBallsGolfManageNo IdeaSwingsHittingTournamentsGolf CourseGolf BallGolf Tournaments Author:Jack Nicklaus
“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.” IfsWellsPersonsPlayPlayerEventsTomsWatsonGary Author:Jack Nicklaus
“There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid.” WellsMightKidsWinningSportsRecordsMajorsGolfDustMakeupFlawsTigers Author:Jack Nicklaus
“Well, I think that Augusta is not the same golf course that I grew up on. Bobby Jones' philosophy was giving you space off the tee; if you put it in the right side of the fairway, you ended up getting the right angle to the green.” IfsThinkingGivingWellsPhilosophyCoursesSidesSpaceGrewGrew UpGreenGolfAngleGolf CourseTeesAugusta Author:Jack Nicklaus
“It's great to win, but it's also great fun just to be in the thick of any truly well and hard fought contest against opponents you respect, whatever the outcome.” InspirationalWellsHardWinningFunAthleteOutcomesOpponentsMotivational SportsThickContests Author:Jack Nicklaus
“When you lip out several putts in a row, you should never think that means that you're putting well. When you're putting well, the only question is what part of the hole it's going to fall in, not if it's going in.” IfsThinkingShouldWellsMeanFallGolfLipsHolesGreat GolfGreatest GolfGolf Putting Author:Jack Nicklaus
“I've had a lot of majors where I didn't play well until the last round. Keep yourself in contention; that's the name of the game. I usually ended up shooting a good round and all of a sudden, somehow, I won.” WellsPlayLastsGamesNamesMajorsGolfRoundsShootingContention Author:Jack Nicklaus
