Top 259 Quotes & Sayings by Tiger Woods
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Last updated on December 23, 2024.
America's a melting pot, all races, cultures, religious choices.
I've always had that knack for staying pretty even keel and the more the situation gets tense the more I see things clearly and I think that's just a knack that I've always had.
The amount of meetings I've been in - people would be shocked. But that's how you gain experience, how you can gain knowledge, being in meetings and participating. You learn and grow.
There are still courses in the United States that I am not allowed to play because of the color of my skin.
I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.
Winning is not always the barometer of getting better.
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.
You can always become better.
I'd gotten away from my Buddhism. And I quit meditating.
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.
I'm going to try to keep getting better.
Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.
I've gotten more buff.
It will always be the ball and me.
For many my behavior has been a major disappointment, my behavior has caused considerable worry to my business partners, and everyone involved in my business, but most importantly to the young people we influence, I apologize.
I'm addicted. I'm addicted to golf.
I've exceeded a few of my goals, but I'm behind on a couple of others.
My failures have made me look at myself in a way I've never wanted to before.
Green and black go well together, don't they?
And I don't cook, either. Not as long as they still deliver pizza.
As a kid when I was growing up, as any kid, you think you know every thing and I was no different to that.
I do plan to return to golf one day, I just don't know when that day will be.
Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.
You can win all the tournaments you want, but the majors are what you're remembered for. It's how you're measured as a champion in our sport. The majors are where it's at.
There's no sense in going to a tournament if you don't believe that you can win it. And that is the belief I have always had. And that is not going to change.
Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.
I've been a gamer all my life.
I really don't feel like playing anymore.
My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend.
I stopped living according to my core values. I knew what I was doing was wrong but thought only about myself and thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to.
To be able to hold all four majors - the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, PGA - all concurrently I think is the Grand Slam. But a lot of people have a different opinions on that. People think you have to win it in the same calendar year.
Golf is evolving, every day, every shot.
I miss hanging out with my friends, getting in a little trouble. I have to be so guarded now.
Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn't have to mean public confessions.
My mom was tough.
My main focus is on my game.
I really miss a lot of my friends out there.
I believe in Buddhism. Not every aspect, but most of it. So I take bits and pieces.
I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course.
I wake up every day and I can't wait to go to work, and that's a gift. Not too many people have the opportunity to feel that way.
Michael left because of the Bulls' management, not because he'd lost his love of playing the game.
I don't get to live by different rules. The same boundaries that apply to everyone apply to me.
If money titles meant anything, I'd play more tournaments. The only thing that means a lot to me is winning. If I have more wins than anybody else and win more majors than anybody else in the same year, then it's been a good year.
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.
Don't force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. It's the child's desire to play that matters, not the parent's desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun.
Golf is me.
My dad used to say, 'Just because you dress up in a coat and tie, it doesn't influence your intelligence.'
I don't believe that human beings can achieve ultimate enlightenment, because humans have flaws.
I'm aware if I'm playing at my best I'm tough to beat. And I enjoy that.
In therapy I have learned the importance of keeping spiritual life and professional life balanced. I need to regain my balance.
As a kid, I might have been psycho, I guess, but I used to throw golf balls in the trees and try and somehow make par from them. I thought that was fun.
I probably will have to become more political down the road when my playing days are done, because I'm going to have to have the support of others to grow my foundation.
The virtue of privacy is one that must be protected in matters that are intimate and within one's own family.
I will have to earn trust and respect from my kids.
I love to play golf, and that's my arena. And you can characterize it and describe it however you want, but I have a love and a passion for getting that ball in the hole and beating those guys.
If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person's life in a positive light, and that's what I want to do. That's what it's all about.
I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love.
I'm not as far along as Jack Nicklaus was at this age, but I'm trying.
The majority of my blood is Asian.
I thoroughly enjoy getting away from the game and going out fishing because it's so relaxing, so quiet and peaceful. I mean, there's no noise other than nature - and it's so different from what I do in a tournament situation that it just eases my mind.
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