Quotes from Jack Nicklaus

I had polio when I was 13. I started feeling stiff, my joints ached, and over a two-week period I lost my coordination and 20 pounds.

There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.

A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.

Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.

You don't think anything about age when you're playing [golf]. I mean, why would you ever think about that.

The fact is, I diet every day of my life. I have to work at it. But I diet so I can pig out.

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.

Nick O'Leary loves to compete. His work ethic is fantastic, and that's what I like about him. He works, and works, and works; and if he has to get better, he gets better.

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.

I've never set up any golf course that would favor anybody. I try to make it exactly the opposite, which is what we did at Valhalla when we modernized it to accommodate the lengths players are hitting it today.

See, as much as I love the game, golf was my vehicle to competition. And I love to compete.

Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can't play if I can't compete.

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.

The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.

All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.

Whether it's pool or Ping Pong, I can't stand to have my kids beat me. Especially Ping Pong! And when they beat me, they just needle the devil out of me. That's fine. I'd rather have that than let them win a shallow victory.

I can barely turn on my computer!

Confidence is believing in your own ability, knowing what you have to do to win. My confidence was developed through preparation.

Confidence is when you stand over a shot and know you're going to make it because you've done it time and time again.

I don't care how old your children get, you're always a dad.

And, of course, I'm constantly energized by designing courses around the world.

Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.

Focus on remedies, not faults