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.

I wake up every day and I can't wait to go to work, and that's a gift. Not too many people have the opportunity to feel that way.

It's cool now to play golf.

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.

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

I mean as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.

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

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

I feel like my life is pretty special.

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

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

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.

I don't believe that human beings can achieve ultimate enlightenment because humans have flaws.

I started changing my swing in late 1999.

Green and black go well together don't they?

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

I've had the luxury of playing golf around the world and I've spent a lot of time evaluating how to play all kinds of courses.

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

A lot has transpired in my life.