Top 77 Tiger Woods Quotes

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.

There are golfers everywhere who may never get a chance to play a links course in Scotland, a tree-lined course in America or the sand belts of Australia. Hopefully I can bring some of those elements into their backyards.

I saw a person that I never thought I would ever become.

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’m all or nothing.

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.

If you’re lucky to have three close people in your life, you’re blessed.

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.

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 stopped living according to my core values. I knew what I was doing was wrong but thought only about myself and thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to.

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

Every sport evolves. Every sport gets bigger and more athletic, and you have to keep up.

There are still courses in the United States that I am not allowed to play because of the color of my skin.

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

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

I do plan to return to golf one day, I just don’t know when that day will be.

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.

As you all know, I’m kind of a perfectionist.

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’d gotten away from my Buddhism. And I quit meditating.

I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves.

I really don’t feel like playing anymore.

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

I am definitely not a politician.

Most players I play with, I don’t look at their swing when they’re over the ball or anything like that.

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

The Masters is where I won my first major, and I view this tournament with great respect. After a long and necessary time away from the game, I feel like I’m ready to start my season at Augusta.

I’m committed to try to make the product the best I possibly can.

My main focus is on my game.

Life has been good.

I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect.

I ran straight through the boundaries a married couple should live by.

Businesswise, everything’s been good.

I don’t make any rules.

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

I’m aware if I’m playing at my best I’m tough to beat. And I enjoy that.

Younger guys now are all working out, and you find that if everyone’s doing it and you’re not doing it, you’re going to be left behind.

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

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

As a kid when I was growing up, as any kid, you think you know every thing and I was no different to that.

Golf is something I do selfishly for myself.

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.

My kids are doing just great.

I’m not as far along as Jack Nicklaus was at this age, but I’m trying.

I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children.

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

My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend.

I really miss a lot of my friends out there.

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

I look at a streak as I don’t lose – literally.

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.

To be able to hold all four majors – the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, PGA – all concurrently I think is the Grand Slam. But a lot of people have a different opinions on that. People think you have to win it in the same calendar year.

America’s a melting pot, all races, cultures, religious choices.

My mom was tough.

I’m going to try to keep getting better.

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

Sensationalism sells: Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story.

To have the opportunity to complete the slam at the Open at St Andrews, the home of golf, is something I will never ever forget.

Everyone wants to get a piece of me.

I don’t think golf has ever been any pressure as far as having to succeed.

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.

The majority of my blood is Asian.

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.

You can always become better.

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

Green and black go well together, don’t they?

People don’t really bother me as much as you might think.

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.

I was living a life of a lie, I really was.

Golf is me.

A lot has transpired in my life.

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.

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.

I have been fortunate to have my game peak at the right times.

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.

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.

I will have to earn trust and respect from my kids.