Amazing thing is, I love golf more than ever.
And I don't cook, either. Not as long as they still deliver pizza.
And you know, having your best friend be your father is a very unique thing.
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.
Because sometimes it's boring just hitting a normal golf shot.
Because you never lose that - that fun, that passion to compete and live a dream.
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.
Family always comes first. It always has been in my life, and always will. I may sleep a little bit less, and we have to work on that as a team.
Golf is definitely cool now. It wasn't when I was a kid, but I kept doing it, because I loved it.
Green and black go well together, don't they?
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.
I could never deal with the fact that, as hard as I've prepared, as hard as I concentrate and as hard as I play, I played my best and it's not good enough any more.
I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course.
I don't know if I even have an aura, man. I just try to win.
I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love.
I guess because I had so many people influencing my life. I wanted to cater this foundation to mentoring and guiding. Because that's ultimately, how I got here.
I have a few suits, but I wear the same ones over and over.
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.
I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.
I played all the other sports, but didn't have the passion.
I think it's an honor to be a role model to one person or maybe more than that.
I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.
I'm 18 pounds heavier than when I came out of college, but more flexible. Body fat is 9 percent.
I'm addicted. I'm addicted to golf.
I'm aware if I'm playing at my best I'm tough to beat. And I enjoy that.
I'm not as far along as Jack Nicklaus was at this age, but I'm trying.
I'm tight. I mean, because I never had a whole lot growing up as a kid. I always had to save. Then I'd buy like one big thing, like a pair of basketball shoes or something like that. But I had to save up my allowances.
I'm trying as hard as I can, and sometimes things don't go your way, and that's the way things go.
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.
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.
If you can't laugh at yourself, then who can you laugh at?
It is pretty cool to have my own video game. As a kid, growing up, it was something I never even thought of.
It will always be the ball and me.
It's frustrating because I didn't win, simple as that.
Michael left because of the Bulls' management, not because he'd lost his love of playing the game.
My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. That's why we put on clinics. The only thing I can do is try to give back. If it works, it works.
My favorite time to go out is in the evenings. I still love doing this to this day.
My main focus is on my game.
One of the things that my parents have taught me is never listen to other people's expectations.
So many moving parts. Your whole body's moving, and this ball is not moving. It's standing still, laughing at you.
That's why I could see myself on the senior tour.
That's why I've busted my butt on the range for hours on end and made changes to get to this point where I'm able to compete at the highest level in major championships. That's where you want to be.
The key in shooting any good round is to give yourself some chances and, tomorrow, if my swinging is feeling any good, I'll have some chances. But, if it's not, then I'll have to give myself those 15 to 20 footers and hope I can make those.
The only thing you can do is take a learning experience from it, positives and negatives, and apply them to the future.
These guys are the best in the world. I'm very lucky to have that opportunity to try to compete against the best in the world. That's a rush.
This is as good as it gets - to win the Open Championship at the Home of Golf is a dream come true.
Truth is, I don't collect anything.
Well, I enjoy creating. I enjoy creating shots.
When my best isn't good enough to win anymore, I'm gone. I'm racking the cue and I'm going home.
Yeah, you have no idea how competitive my mom is. She would watch me compete, and you could see her over there on the side, and she would be living every moment, live - I mean die - on every shot.
You can always become better.
You should live your own life and live up to your own expectations, and those are the only things I really care about it.
Tiger is in the running, along with Tennis world number one Roger Federer and seven-time World Formula One Driver Michael Schumacher, for a third Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award in April 2007. The winner will be chosen by the 43 members of the Laureus World Sports Academy, with the decision made public on April 2, 2007.
Tiger won the Buick Open in 2002 and again in 2006.
Tiger won the U.S PGA Open in 1999, 2000 and 2006.
Tiger won the Buick Invitational in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2006.
Tiger won his first Masters in 1997. He again won the Masters in 2001, 2002 and 2005.
Tiger won the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in 2003 and 2004.
On October 5, 2004, Tiger married his long-time girlfriend Elin Nordegren. They married at a lavish wedding ceremony in Barbados.
Tiger won the U.S Open in 2000 and 2002.
Tiger won the WGC-NEC Invitational in 1999 and again in 2001.
Tiger won the 1997 and 2000 Mercedes Championships.
In July of 2000, Tiger became the youngest player ever to win all four majors: The PGA Championship, The Us Open, The British Open, and The Masters.
In 1999, Tiger won the National Car Rental Golf Classic and the Motorola Western Open.
In 1997, Tiger won the Bryon Nelson Golf Classic and the Motorola Classic.
Tiger got his nickname "Tiger" from one of his father's friends.
Tiger and his now-wife, model Elin Nordegren, were introduced by Swedish golf star Jesper Parnevik, who had employed her as a nanny.
Tiger attended Stanford University, but dropped out early to become a professional golfer.
Tiger loves to go fly-fishing and owns 17 fishing rods and reels. His favorite fishing spots are Alaska and Ireland.
Tiger's father, Earl, is of mixed Black, Chinese and Native American ancestry. His mother, Kultida, is originally from Thailand, and is of mixed Thai, Chinese and Dutch ancestry. This makes Woods himself a quarter Chinese, a quarter Black, a quarter Thai, an eighth Native American and an eighth Dutch.
Tiger says that his wildest dream and his proudest moment in life were both "Winning the Masters."
Tiger appears in a "My Life, My Card" advertisement for American Express.
Tiger putted against Bob Hope on the Mike Douglas Show at the improbable age of two; he shot 48 for nine holes at age three; and he was featured in Golf Digest Magazine at age five.
Tiger is taller than he looks. He's six feet, two inches.
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