Quotes By Tiger Woods

Golf is something I do selfishly for myself.

I'm going to try to keep getting better.

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

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

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.'

You can always become better.

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

I'm getting back to my old roots.

My mom was tough.

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

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.

I'll tell you what, I've been in some seriously bad places playing golf and it's just part of the game.

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

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

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.

My main focus is on my game.

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.

Golf is me.

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.

Golf is evolving, every day, every shot.

I miss hanging out with my friends, getting in a little trouble. I have to be so guarded now.

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.

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

A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I'm not like a basketball player who's going to stand out because of his height.

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

I lost my ability to will things to happen.

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.

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.

It's cool now to play golf.

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