Tiger Woods Quotes & Sayings

I was living a life of a lie. And I was doing a lot of things, that hurt a lot of people. And stripping away denial and rationalization you start coming to the truth of who you really are and that can be very ugly. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

Life has been good. — Tiger Woods

I always come from truth. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

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 — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

We have a lot of fun every year, and I really enjoy being part of junior golf and the development of these players. — Tiger Woods

The majority of my blood is Asian. — Tiger Woods

I don't make any rules. — Tiger Woods

It will always be the ball and me. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

I saw a person that I never thought I would ever become. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

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

To have the opportunity to complete the slam at the Open at St Andrews, the home of golf, is something I will never ever forget. — Tiger Woods

I feel like my life is pretty special. — Tiger Woods

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

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. — Tiger Woods

It's a never-ending struggle, which is great. You can always get better! You can never get there. It's a journey with no arrival. And that's the beauty of it
that you can always become better the next day. It's pretty cool to think about it in that sense. Tomorrow I will be a better player than I was today. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

It was a mixed bag pretty much all week. A lot of really, really good stuff out there, some mediocre and some bad. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

So I tried to activate my glutes as best I could, in between, but ... they never stayed activated. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

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

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. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. — Tiger Woods

A lot has transpired in my life. — Tiger Woods

There's always stuff to work on. You're never there. — Tiger Woods

I hurt my wife, my kids, my mother, my wife's family, my friends, my foundation and kids all around the world who admired me. — Tiger Woods

I can play a power game, but I also have the ability to step it up to another level and hit shots even further on call. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

I love to compete. That's the essence of who I am. — Tiger Woods

The Masters is where I won my first major, and I view this tournament with great respect. After a long and necessary time away from the game, I feel like I'm ready to start my season at Augusta. — Tiger Woods

It's something you have to find from within. You have to keep pushing yourself from within. It's not about what other people think and what other people say. It's about what you want to accomplish and do you want to go out there and be prepared to beat everyone you play or face. — Tiger Woods

The greatest thing about tomorrow is, I will be better than I am today. And that's how I look at my life. I will be a better golfer, I will be a better person, I will be a better father, I will be a better husband, I will be a better friend. That's the beauty of tomorrow. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

My mind is my biggest asset. — Tiger Woods

Green and black go well together, don't they? — Tiger Woods

I'm trying as hard as I can, and sometimes things don't go your way, and that's the way things go. — Tiger Woods

If you're a baseball player and you're on the mound, you don't ever want to look up in the stands if somebody is yelling at you because they know they've got you. You just keep your head down, keep moving along. Of course it annoys you at the time, but you don't ever show that it does annoy you; just go ahead and move on and keep playing. If it does distract you, back off. — Tiger Woods

Sad to say I'm missing the Masters. Thanks to the fans for so many kind wishes. — Tiger Woods

Nobody could have prepared me for the life I've had to become accustomed to. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

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

I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled, and thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them. — Tiger Woods

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

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

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. — Tiger Woods

I'm aware if I'm playing at my best I'm tough to beat. And I enjoy that. — Tiger Woods

I'm getting back to my old roots. — Tiger Woods

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

I made my share of mistakes. People can look at that as what not to do, and if they choose to make fun of it, that's fine. I can't control that. All I know is that I can control myself. And at that point in my life, I wasn't even able to do that. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

I am pretty health-conscious, so when my girlfriend and/or I make dinner
no, I don't have a cook!
we choose the healthier options: lean meats, steamed veggies, fish, etc. Of course, there are always those cravings for the "bad foods" that I do give in to once in a while! — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

I owe a lot of people an apology. I hurt a lot of people. Not just my wife. My friends, my colleagues, the public, kids who looked up to me. There were a lot of people that thought I was a different person and my actions were not according to that. — Tiger Woods

I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

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

Everyone wants to get a piece of me. — Tiger Woods

If you're not nervous, it means you don't care. — Tiger Woods

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

Education is a priority over any sport because without a mind you can't contribute to society. — Tiger Woods

The virtue of privacy is one that must be protected in matters that are intimate and within one's own family. — Tiger Woods

My main focus is on my game. — Tiger Woods

I started changing my swing in late 1999. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

Courses that you've had success on, all of a sudden your game turns around because you feel comfortable on your tee shots, you feel comfortable going to the greens, you know, all the reads on the putts. It's a feeling that's hard to describe, but it's certainly one that you get filled up with confidence more than anything else. — Tiger Woods

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

There are guys on Tour who hit the ball further than me. I always thought it was important to have power, but more important to have power in reserve. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

I'm not as far along as Jack Nicklaus was at this age, but I'm trying. — Tiger Woods

My mom was tough. — Tiger Woods

If you gone come in second, you're just the first loser! — Tiger Woods

The major championships have always been a special focus in my career, and as a professional, I think Augusta is where I need to be. — Tiger Woods

Businesswise, everything's been good. — Tiger Woods

My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. — Tiger Woods

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

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

I'm lucky to have been able to represent different companies over my career. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

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

I know that balance that I need to have in my life. — Tiger Woods

My father had always called me Sam since the day I was born. He rarely ever called me Tiger. I would ask him, 'Why don't you ever call me Tiger?' He says, 'Well, you look more like a Sam. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

I miss hanging out with my friends, getting in a little trouble. I have to be so guarded now. — Tiger Woods

My instincts have never lied to me. — Tiger Woods

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

You hit a bad shot, you have to get over it right there and then so you can get focused on the next one. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

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. — Tiger Woods

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

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

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