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.
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.
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.
Green and black go well together, don't they?
I've been a gamer all my life.
I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.
Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.
And I don't cook, either. Not as long as they still deliver pizza.
You can always become better.
Sensationalism sells: Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story.
I miss hanging out with my friends, getting in a little trouble. I have to be so guarded now.
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.
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.
I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love.
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.
It's cool now to play golf.
There are still courses in the United States that I am not allowed to play because of the color of my skin.
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.
Winning is not always the barometer of getting better.
I'm addicted. I'm addicted to golf.
Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.
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.
My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend.
I look at a streak as I don't lose - literally.
The joy I get from winning a major championship doesn't even compare to the feeling I get when a kid writes a letter saying: 'Thank you so much. You have changed my life.'
I've gotten more buff.
It will always be the ball and me.
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 was living a life of a lie, I really was.
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.
I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.
I started changing my swing in late 1999.
The virtue of privacy is one that must be protected in matters that are intimate and within one's own family.
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.
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 not as far along as Jack Nicklaus was at this age, but I'm trying.
I'm committed to try to make the product the best I possibly can.
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.
Golf is evolving, every day, every shot.
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.
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.
I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course.
Golf has made me and shaped me into the person I am here today.
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.
My mother was right when she said that turning pro would take away my youth.
I'll tell you what, I've been in some seriously bad places playing golf and it's just part of the game.
My failures have made me look at myself in a way I've never wanted to before.
I remember there was a time when people were saying I could never win again.
My dad used to say, 'Just because you dress up in a coat and tie, it doesn't influence your intelligence.'
I'm all or nothing.
