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

— Jack Nicklaus

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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. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

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Golf is a better game played downhill. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

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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. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

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I first saw Arnold Palmer when I was just a kid and he came to Columbus to play in a tournament. I watched him on the driving range hit balls that day. We went on to become great friends. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

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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

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If I have a weakness, it's probably ice cream. That's where I get lax, sloppy. I'll sneak into the refrigerator at night and take two or three bites and put it back. Butter pecan. Only two or three bites, but it shows. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

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It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

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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

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Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You've got to believe you can play a shot instead of wondering where your next bad shot is coming from. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

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