Tiger Woods Quotes

In order to hit a good golf shot at that moment in time when you're standing over the ball, you must believe that golf shot is the most important things in your life.

Variety is not everything! Viagra is!

In retrospect, golf for me was an apparent attempt to emulate the person I looked up to more than anyone: my father. He was instrumental in helping me develop the drive to achieve, but his role, as well as my mother's, was one of support and guidance, not interference.

I don't just want to be the best black player or the best Asian player. I want to be the best golfer ever.

As a child, the family that I had and the love I had from my two parents allowed me to go ahead and be more aggressive, to search and to take risks knowing that, if I failed, I could always come home to a family of love and support.

People don't understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented. I was never the biggest. I was never the fastest. I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic, and that's been what has gotten me this far.

Golf has made me and shaped me into the person I am here today.

I just try to be the best I can be and hope that is the best ever.

People don't really bother me as much as you might think.

Everyone knows what the Masters is, even if you're a non-golfer. People know what Wimbledon is. They know what the Super Bowl is. There are certain events that people just know about.

I do plan to return to golf one day. I just don't know when that day will be.

The greatest thing about tomorrow is, I will be better than I am today...There is no such thing as a setback. The lessons I learn today I will apply tomorrow, and I will be better.

I think the hardest part about Golf is being committed to your wife

I'm addicted. I'm addicted to golf.

I want to say to each of you, simply, and directly, I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior I engaged in.

I don't believe that human beings can achieve ultimate enlightenment, because humans have flaws.

I'd gotten away from my Buddhism. And I quit meditating.

I'm going to try to keep getting better.

I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children.

There are a lot of great players from Europe who have never played Augusta, but all the guys in America have all played St. Andrews. They've gone over and made a trip to play St. Andrews.

All that really matters is I have two beautiful kids, and I'm trying to be the best dad I can possibly be, and that's the most important thing of all.

As a child growing up, you never thought about being in a videogame, then to have a game of your own and be lucky enough to set the bar with it in the gaming world, it's a dream come true.

It will always be the ball and me.

Did you guys take enough freakin' pictures already?

I always feel pressure. If you don't feel nervous, that means you don't care about how you play. I care about how I perform. I've always said the day I'm not nervous playing is the day I quit.

The thing you don't dream about as a kid is all the peripheral stuff that comes with success.

When you look at all of the great players who ever played the game, they all had that other gear that they could go to, and it makes a world of difference.

I love to play to win.

I chase a little white ball around and work on my farmer tan, that's about it. I think that I've been lucky enough to represent some great companies, and I think maybe that's what it is.

Winning takes care of everything.

In golf, just because a person is big and cut and ripped, doesn't mean they have a physical advantage.

I started changing my swing in late 1999.

if you gone come in second, you're just the first loser!

Everyone wants to get a piece of me.

The majority of my blood is Asian.

It is technology. They all changed to a harder golf ball, so they gave up spinning on the greens. They all changed to longer drivers, bigger heads with hotter faces and lighter shafts. The problem is, the harder you hit it, the more control you lose.

If you're lucky to have three close people in your life, you're blessed.

You just got to be #patient, be focused, you know there are lots of distractions out there.

Younger guys now are all working out, and you find that if everyone's doing it and you're not doing it, you're going to be left behind.

A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I'm not like a basketball player who's going to stand out because of his height.

I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone.

If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?

There are still courses in the United States that I am not allowed to play because of the colour of my skin.

Golf is fluid. It's always changing. It's always evolving. First of all, you never master it.

I treat golf as a sport. I let other people treat it like a hobby.

I think that in itself, if you're a true golfer, you'll see specific things you need to work on. Much cheaper than private lessons.

And I don't cook, either. Not as long as they still deliver pizza.

I don't think you're ever there. You never arrive, but if you do, you might as well quit because you're already there. Can't get any better. And as players, if you ever have that moment - you should never have that moment. You're always trying to get better.