Tiger Woods – 34 Quotes

34 Quotes by Tiger Woods

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

– Tiger Woods

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

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

– Tiger Woods

All that really matters is I have two beautiful kids, and I’m trying to be the best dad I can possibly be, and that’s the most important thing of all.

– 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

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.

– 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

It’s cool now to play golf.

– 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

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

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

– Tiger Woods

I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart.

– Tiger Woods

The virtue of privacy is one that must be protected in matters that are intimate and within one’s own family.

– Tiger Woods

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

– Tiger Woods

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

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.

– Tiger Woods

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

– Tiger Woods

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.

– 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

My mom was tough.

– Tiger Woods

Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.

– Tiger Woods

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.

– 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

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.

– Tiger Woods

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.

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

– Tiger Woods

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.

– Tiger Woods

Hopefully I’ll continue to have the success I’ve had.

– Tiger Woods

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

– Tiger Woods

I always come from truth.

– 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