Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules. -Jack Nicklaus Respect
The fact is, I diet every day of my life. I have to work at it. But I diet so I can pig out. -Jack Nicklaus Diet
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. -Jack Nicklaus Good
Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself. -Jack Nicklaus Success
You have to trust your kids. They have to experience life, and you just hope you've provided them a foundation for what's right and what isn't. -Jack Nicklaus Trust
I'd rather be two strokes ahead going into the last day than two strokes behind. Having said that, it's probably easier to win coming from behind. There is no fear in chasing. There is fear in being chased. -Jack Nicklaus Fear
I don't believe in luck. Not in golf, anyway. There are good bounces and bad bounces, sure, but the ball is round and so is the hole. If you find yourself in a position where you hope for luck to pull you through, you're in serious trouble. -Jack Nicklaus Hope
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. -Jack Nicklaus Sports
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 Sports