"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." - Jack Nicklaus
"Focus on remedies, not faults." - Jack Nicklaus
"He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn't try to learn how to get better." - Jack Nicklaus
"He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen." - Jack Nicklaus
"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
"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." - Jack Nicklaus
"I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy." - Jack Nicklaus
"It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus." - Jack Nicklaus
"My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset." - Jack Nicklaus
"Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation." - 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." - Jack Nicklaus
"Why am I so determined to put the shoulder where it belongs? Women have very round shoulders that push forward slightly; this touches me and I say: "One must not hide that!" Then someone tells you: "The shoulder is on the back." I've never seen women with shoulders on their backs." - Jack Nicklaus