How people keep correcting ... by Jack Nicklaus, an American Athlete

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“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.”

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Jack Nicklaus

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Name: Jack Nicklaus

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Jan 21, 1940

Profession: Athlete

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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.

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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.

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I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

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Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.

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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.

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