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Tiger Woods Quotes

Total quotes: 26
“I am pretty close to putting it together. It's like riding a bike. But it's a new bike.”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods on his game: 'Like riding a bike, but it's a new bike'
Tagged: Recovery
“I just love to compete. I don't care if it's golf or Nintendo or in the classroom. I mean, competing against the other students or competing against myself. I know what I'm capable of.”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods, the Man. Amen.
Tagged: Competition, Nintendo, Confidence
“What I can't figure out, is why so many good-looking women hang around baseball and basketball. Is it because, you know, people always say that, like, black guys have big dicks?”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods, the Man. Amen.
Tagged: stereotypes, Big Dicks, Sports Groupies
“I think every great champion who has ever lived would say, yeah, they’re selfish in certain aspects. That’s how you got there. You had to put in extra time in the weight room, extra time running and running, extra time recovering, extra time running their plays or hitting shots or doing the things that other people didn’t do. Why do you do it? Yeah, you wanted to become better. But there’s a cost.”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods on His Pain and Comeback
Tagged: champions, Running, Recovering, Selfish
“Think of how many hours a professional golfer has spent on the range, by himself, or chipping green by himself, or putting green by himself. Whereas other team sports, you’re always with a teammate. It’s a totally different atmosphere and a totally different mind-set. We can be loners and never see anybody.”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods on His Pain and Comeback
Tagged: Golf, Solitude, Loners
“My kids are more important to me than anything else in the world.”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods on His Pain and Comeback
Tagged: kids, Fatherhood
“I can’t remember the last time I watched golf. I can’t stand it.”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods on His Pain and Comeback
Tagged: Golf, Self-hatred
“If you're lucky to have three close people in your life, you're blessed.”
— Tiger Woods, Highlights Of Tiger Woods' Interview On Mike & Mike
Tagged: Close Friends, Luck, BFF, Blessed
“The best part about phone interviews is getting to wear shorts.”
— Tiger Woods
Tagged: interviews, casual
“There are still courses in the United States that I am not allowed to play because of the color of my skin.”
— Tiger Woods, A DISHONEST AD CAMPAIGN
Tagged: Golf, Segregation, racism, skin color
“I was living a life of a lie. I really was. And I was doing a lot of things, like I said, 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. But then again, when you face it and you start conquering it and you start living up to it. The strength that I feel now, I’ve never felt that type of strength.”
— Tiger Woods, Transcript of Tiger Woods' interview with ESPN
Tagged: Living a Lie, ugly, Remorse, hurt, Denial, strength
“I saw a person that I never thought I would ever become.”
— Tiger Woods, Transcript of Tiger Woods' interview with ESPN
Tagged: Remorse, Regret
“My failures have made me look at myself in a way I've never wanted to before. It's now up to me to make amends. And that starts by never repeating the mistakes I've made.”
— Tiger Woods
Tagged: Failure, Amends, Mistakes
“Buddhism teaches that a creation of things outside ourselves causes an unhappy and pointless search for security. It teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint.”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods and Buddhism
Tagged: Buddhism, Security, Restraint
“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
Tagged: Betrayal, hurt, Apologies
“The words got lost somewhere between the brain and the mouth, and it was very difficult but I fought through it. I went to a school to try and get over that, and I just would work my tail off. And I would talk to my dog. He would sit there and listen, and he'd fall asleep. And that's fine, just lay there. I finally learned how to do that without stuttering all over myself.”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods Up Close And Personal
Tagged: Stuttering
“You can always become better.”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods Up Close And Personal
Tagged: Inspirational, better, Improvement
“My dad, ex-Green Beret, thinks he's this tough guy. My dad's a softy. Mom was the one I was always afraid of.”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods Up Close And Personal
Tagged: Green Beret, father, Softy
“He's my best friend. And you know, having your best friend be your father is a very unique thing.”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods Up Close And Personal
Tagged: father, Best friend
“I'm addicted. I'm addicted to golf.”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods Up Close And Personal
Tagged: Addiction, Golf
“I don't believe that human beings can achieve ultimate enlightenment, because humans have flaws.”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods and Buddhism
Tagged: Buddhism, Enlightenment, humans, Flaws
“I'm aware if I'm playing at my best I'm tough to beat. And I enjoy that.”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods Up Close And Personal
Tagged: Competition, Confidence, Arrogance
“I've done it before. It won't be the last time. You're going to go years where you just don't win. That's okay, as long as you keep trying to improve.”
— Tiger Woods
Tagged: Winning, Persistence
“My goal is to remain healthy my entire career, and a healthy diet seems like a good start.”
— Tiger Woods
Tagged: Health, diet
“I don't see myself as the 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.”
— Tiger Woods
Tagged: Great Black Hope, Golfer, Asian, Race
“I love to compete. That's the essence of who I am.”
— Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods Up Close And Personal
Tagged: Competition
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