Tiger Woods Quotes
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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.
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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.
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My failures have made me look at myself in a way I've never wanted to before.
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My mother was right when she said that turning pro would take away my youth.
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I love to compete. That's the essence of who I am.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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My goal is to remain healthy my entire career, and a healthy diet seems like a good start.
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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.
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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.
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One of the things that my parents have taught me is never listen to other people's expectations. You should live your own life and live up to your own expectations, and those are the only things I really care about it.
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My dad used to say, 'Just because you dress up in a coat and tie, it doesn't influence your intelligence.'
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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.
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I don't believe that human beings can achieve ultimate enlightenment, because humans have flaws.
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Sensationalism sells: Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story.
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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.
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The majority of my blood is Asian.
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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.
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I don't see myself a Great Black Hope. I'm just a golfer who happens to be black and Asian. It doesn't matter whether they're white, black, brown or green.
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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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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.
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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