Tiger Woods quotes

Born
December 30, 1975, Cypress, California.

Occupation
Professional golfer.

Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time, and one of the most popular athletes of the 21st century.

And I don’t cook, either. Not as long as they still deliver pizza.
– Tiger Woods

Winning is not always the barometer of getting better.
– Tiger Woods

Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.
– Tiger Woods

All I can say is that I’m getting married in the future. I’ve narrowed it down to that.
– Tiger Woods

I’ve been a gamer all my life.
– 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

I’m addicted. I’m addicted to golf.
– Tiger Woods

I don’t believe that human beings can achieve ultimate enlightenment, because humans have flaws.
– Tiger Woods

The thing you don’t dream about as a kid is all the peripheral stuff that comes with success.
– Tiger Woods

I am definitely not a politician.
– Tiger Woods

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

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

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.’
– Tiger Woods

I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for – getting paid for doing what you love.
– Tiger Woods

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.
– Tiger Woods

As you all know, I’m kind of a perfectionist.
– 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 love to compete. That’s the essence of who I am.
– 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 mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.
– 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

I remember there was a time when people were saying I could never win again.
– Tiger Woods

My dad used to say, ‘Just because you dress up in a coat and tie, it doesn’t influence your intelligence.’
– Tiger Woods

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

My mother was right when she said that turning pro would take away my youth.
– Tiger Woods

Golf is evolving, every day, every shot.
– 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

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

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

I don’t get to live by different rules. The same boundaries that apply to everyone apply to me.
– Tiger Woods

I’ve exceeded a few of my goals, but I’m behind on a couple of others.
– Tiger Woods

I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course.
– Tiger Woods

I’ve always known where I wanted to go in life.
– Tiger Woods

I’d like to share my experiences and the lessons I’ve learned and hopefully create some amazing, fun courses.
– Tiger Woods

It will always be the ball and me.
– 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

A lot has transpired in my life.
– Tiger Woods

You can always become better.
– Tiger Woods

My main focus is on my game.
– Tiger Woods

I enjoy what I do.
– Tiger Woods

Golf has made me and shaped me into the person I am here today.
– 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 look at a streak as I don’t lose – literally.
– Tiger Woods

I’ve always had that knack for staying pretty even keel and the more the situation gets tense the more I see things clearly and I think that’s just a knack that I’ve always had.
– Tiger Woods

I believe in Buddhism. Not every aspect, but most of it. So I take bits and pieces.
– Tiger Woods

I want to be what I’ve always wanted to be: dominant.
– Tiger Woods

In therapy I have learned the importance of keeping spiritual life and professional life balanced. I need to regain my balance.
– Tiger Woods

I’ve done some pretty bad things in my life.
– Tiger Woods