Tiger Woods Quotes

In order to help people, you have to first learn how to help yourself.

My kid is not going to wear a flat bill.

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 majority of my blood is Asian.

I believe in Buddhism. Not every aspect, but most of it. So I take bits and pieces.

The biggest thing is to have a mind-set and a belief you can win every tournament going in.

Talent is something you are born with, and a skill is something you develop. 99% of what you need to succeed in golf are skills

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 think, one thing that I've really come to appreciate about my parents as I've got older is you know, how wise they really were. 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 had different opinions on a lot of different things then them but the way they raised me, in hindsight, they were right.

I'm trying as hard as I possibly can each and every day to get my life better and better and stronger. And if I win championships along the way, so be it.

I've been going to chiropractor for as long as I can remember. It's as important to my training as practicing my swing.

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

One of the things my dad kept instilling in me was the joy of the game. He made it fun for me. A lot of the time I see kids that don't enjoy being out there and that's a shame; you're supposed to enjoy the game.

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

I'm getting back to my old roots.

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.

People thought it was asinine for me to change my swing after I won the Masters by 12 shots ... Why would you want to change that? Well, I thought I could become better. If I play my best, I'm pretty tough to beat. I'd like to play my best more frequently, and that's the whole idea. That's why you make changes. I thought I could become more consistent.

I'm playing in the Masters. It's obviously very important to me, and I want to be there. I've worked a lot on my game and I'm looking forward to competing. I'm excited to get to Augusta and I appreciate everyone's support.

Winning takes care of everything.

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

It's ok to fail. Failing does not shape your personality; it's how you react upon your failure. Do you dust yourself off and mope or do you dust yourself off and come back stronger the next time? Eventually you will win. It may not happen the next time, it may take a little time but you will win in the end.

St. Andrews by far is my favorite golf course in the world. It's where the game all started, it's why we have 18 holes instead of 22 and I think the history behind St. Andrews is amazing. There is no other golf course in the world that can say that every great player who has ever played the game has played that golf course.

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.

No matter who you are, the game is fluid. The game is always evolving, so you always have to keep working on it. There are plenty of hours in the day to get that done.

There are golfers everywhere who may never get a chance to play a links course in Scotland, a tree-lined course in America or the sand belts of Australia. Hopefully I can bring some of those elements into their backyards.

I like the idea of being a role model. It's an honor.

You have to look at the past in order to learn from it and move on. I've done a lot of reflecting over the past year. And certainly, I've turned the corner and am looking more toward the future in a lot of ways.

No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that's the exciting part.

Variety is not everything! Viagra is!

I've had the luxury of playing golf around the world, and I've spent a lot of time evaluating how to play all kinds of courses.

My mind is my biggest asset. I expect to win every tournament I play.

Buddhism teaches that a craving for things outside ourselves causes an unhappy and pointless search for security. It teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint. Obviously, I lost track of what I was taught.

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

I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart.

Well, you know, a lot of people look at the negative things, the things that they did wrong and - which I do. But I like to stress on the things I did right, because there are certain things that I like to look at from a positive standpoint that are just positive reinforcement.

I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.

I lost my ability to will things to happen.

I feel like my life is pretty special.

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.

I've done some pretty bad things in my life.

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.

My body is a little bit sore from all of the practicing and playing and training

A lot has transpired in my life.

I've been a gamer all my life.

I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course.

My main focus is on my game.

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

If you have wind it becomes more difficult than you think.

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.

I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves.

My goal is to remain healthy my entire career, and a healthy diet seems like a good start.

I started changing my swing in late 1999.

I'll tell you what, I've been in some seriously bad places playing golf and it's just part of the game.

I think the golf swing is all about rotation, all about trying to keep the club on plane.

I don't make any rules.

It is pretty cool to have my own video game. As a kid, growing up, it was something I never even thought of. I thought about just trying to get the new game that was coming out, so that my buddies [and] I, we could all enjoy it together. When I was a kid, never once in my wildest dream
even when I turned pro
that was never something that I really thought about, having my own video game. Thanks to EA, it's a reality.

It provides a different type of element and mental strain athletes love. That's what makes the game of golf so special.

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.

I am the toughest golfer mentally.

I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated.

Golf is something I do selfishly for myself.

My mother's a Buddhist. In Buddhism, if you want to achieve enlightenment, you have to do it through meditation and self-improvement through the mind. That's something she's passed on to me: to be able to calm myself down and use my mind as my main asset.

I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect.

My dad was a big believer of having a golf club that fit me. Always have a golf club that fits you, so you don't have to make any swing compensations for that particular golf club.

No matter how you play the golf course, no matter how well you play, you're going to have to make 6 and 8 footers for par. It's just a given here.

The key is to design great golf courses all around the world. But my plan is only to do a select few. I devote so much of my time to these. I'm kind of a hands-on kind of person. I always want to do the best that I can in all of my life and this is no different.

When things go right and you test properly and you find equipment that's better than what you were playing, then you can do some pretty neat things on the golf course.

Michael left because of the Bulls' management, not because he'd lost his love of playing the game.

Never beat yourself up, because there are plenty of people that will do it for
you.

Every sport evolves. Every sport gets bigger and more athletic, and you have to keep up.

I'm looking at a place on the coast, ... I was born next to the ocean and I'd like to live next to the ocean.

I love to play to win.

All I can say is that I'm getting married in the future. I've narrowed it down to that.

Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.

Sensationalism sells: Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story.

My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend.

The most important thing to me is winning tournaments. I love winning.

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.

My mother was right when she said that turning pro would take away my youth.

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.

You can always become better.

I have been fortunate to have my game peak at the right times.

I think life is all about having a balance, and trying to find equilibrium and not getting things one way or the other.

I think the best thing is being able to play golf competitively for a living. Ever since I was a little boy, that's something I've always wanted to do, and now I get a chance to live out my dreams.

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.

I think the guys who are really controlling their emotions ... are going to win.

In therapy I have learned the importance of keeping spiritual life and professional life balanced. I need to regain my balance.

I believe in myself. There's nothing wrong with believing in myself. That's the whole idea, is that you can always become better.

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.

The good thing about coming over to the UK is that I can get some rest.

I'd like to share my experiences and the lessons I've learned and hopefully create some amazing, fun courses.

Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn't have to mean public confessions.

Tiger, come on now, you've still got work to do. This round and golf tournament are not over. Hang in there and finish the race.

I will have to earn trust and respect from my kids.

I don't think golf has ever been any pressure as far as having to succeed.

I've had moments where I didn't hit the ball very good coming in, and you've got to turn it around. That's the whole idea of practicing and really working on being focused on what I'm doing and being committed to what I'm doing. I know what the fix is and I've proven it to myself, and it's just a matter of going out there and executing it consistently over 72 holes.

It's hard to believe, but anything can happen. Accidents do happen, unfortunately, it happened at the worst time.

I always come from truth.

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.

We all make decisions. But in the end, our decisions make us.