Tiger Woods Quotes
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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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I'd gotten away from my Buddhism. And I quit meditating.
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My dad told me this: You get out of it what you put into it. If you put in effort and log your time, you'll get the results.
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I will have to earn trust and respect from my kids.
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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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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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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 don't believe that human beings can achieve ultimate enlightenment, because humans have flaws.
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I wanted to. I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled. Thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them.
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I've exceeded a few of my goals, but I'm behind on a couple of others.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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I love to compete. That's the essence of who I am.
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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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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 greatest thing about tomorrow is, I will be better than I am today.
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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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My failures have made me look at myself in a way I've never wanted to before.
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The majority of my blood is Asian.
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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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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.
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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.