A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.

In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't.

You have to trust your kids. They have to experience life, and you just hope you've provided them a foundation for what's right and what isn't.

If you'd asked me at 30 where I'd be during the Masters when I was 46, I'd have pictured myself on a boat fishing, smoking a cigar, drinking a mint julep and watching it on television.

My kids all do love to hunt and fish. When they get together, I think that's what they get together more for than anything else.

They [my sons] all went to different schools and all did different things. They're about as different for five kids as you'll ever see. They don't do anything the same.

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