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.

Quote by Jack Nicklaus

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There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors...

There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Golf is a better game played downhill.

Golf is a better game played downhill.

He plays with a style with which I am not personally familiar.

He plays with a style with which I am not personally familiar.

You son of a bitch. You're something else. I'm really proud of you.

You son of a bitch. You're something else. I'm really proud of you.

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

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

Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate...

Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate...

Focus on remedies, not faults.

Focus on remedies, not faults.

I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.

I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, youre...

Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, youre...

He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's...

He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's...

Essentially, he has been retired since he was 21.

Essentially, he has been retired since he was 21.

A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how...

A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how...

He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.

He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.

Focus on remedies, not faults.

Focus on remedies, not faults.

Just knock hell out of it with your right hand.

Just knock hell out of it with your right hand.

I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around...

I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around...