Jack Nicklaus Quotes

The importance of my legacy is not the golf course, it's what my life is, and what my life is intended to be. The game of golf is a game. My family is my life.

If I were to give advice to young people, high-achieving young people for example, I’d have to say, don’t neglect your family. Politics is important, sitting at the head table is glamorous. Traveling around the world, trying to do something for world peace was wonderful. But family and friends and faith are what really matter in life. And I know that. I see it so clearly now.

I never played a round when I didn't learn something new about the game.

My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what's important to me.

There's so much more to life than golf. Family is always first.

Yeah, I think there are many other important things in life, not just tennis.

I hate golf to be tricked up. To me it's a fun game.

Two things I take very seriously in life. My golf game and my relationship with God. Neither one is simple.

In golf, advice is not a big thing. If you don't have the ability, you won't get anywhere no matter how much advice you get. The only thing people can suggest that matters is, be a good person and treat people respectfully. But advice on your game doesn't mean much to me.

As wonderful as being on stage is, family comes first.

I don't just want to focus on soccer, soccer, soccer. You're going to look back 20 years from now and of course you're going to remember the games. But I'm going to remember seeing my family in the stands.

My family's the most important thing in my life.

My family and school life are important to me.

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

My family is the most beautiful thing in my life beyond anything else, even music.

I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.

I value my family more than anything. That's always paramount.

Part of the attraction to golf may be that it's just a score on the sheet and there's not much you can do about it.

My wife and son are my world and being there for them in every way possible is the only thing that matters to me... that and my work.

There are many things that I value, and many of them have nothing to do with my salary.

The reason that it's so easy to go out there and be me - warts and all, critics and everything - is because my family and my career are the only two things that really matter in the big circle of life.

Playing golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

I think some people will die on the stage, and I'm not so sure I want to do that. Like, I want to have kids! I'm totally fine with saying that. I think some people are scared because they're worried it's going to ruin their career, but I want to live a full life.

Choosing safety is a choice of life over career.

My family means more to me than the artificial trappings of my career. If ever I had to choose between my career and my family, the wife and kids would definitely come out on top.