First Time I Met Jack [nicholas ]

[golf]is Deceptively Simple, Endlessly Complicated. A Child Can Play It Well, And A Grown Man Can Never Master It. Any Single Round Of It Is Full Of Unexpected Triumphs And Perfect Shots That End In Disaster. It Is Almost A Science, Yet It Is A Puzzle Without An Answer. It Is Gratifying And Tantalizing, Precise And Unpredictable. It Requires Complete Concentration And Total Relaxation. It Satisfies The Soul And Frustrates The Intellect. It Is At The Same Time, Rewarding And Maddening. And It Is Without Doubt The Greatest Game Mankind Has Ever Invented.

Always Make A Total Effort, Even When The Odds Are Against You.

Timing Is Everything In Life And In Golf.

Trouble Is Bad To Get Into But Fun To Get Out Of. If You're In Trouble, Eighty Percent Of The Time There's A Way Out. If You Can See The Ball, You Can Probably Hit It; And If You Can Hit It, You Can Move It; And If You Can Move It, You Might Be Able To Knock It In The Hole. At Least It's Fun To Try.

The Fans Motivated Me. They Gave Me The Incentive To Want To Play And To Want To Win And To Continue To Play As My Career Progressed. They Were Never A Distraction.