Tiger Woods
"I just try to be the best I can be and hope that is the best ever."
"I am the toughest golfer mentally."
"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 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'm trying as hard as I can, and sometimes things don't go your way, and that's the way things go. "
"If you can't laugh at yourself, then who can you laugh at? "
"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. "
"I think it's an honor to be a role model to one person or maybe more than that. 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."
"A child born to a black mother in a state like Mississippi...has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for."
"One of the things that my parents have taught me is never listen to other people's expectations. You should live your own life and live up to your own expectations, and those are the only things I really care about."
"The thing is, you see all the money that's available out there. I see where am I going to play. I have no place to play yet. I'm not exempt. I have no security. So if I don't turn pro and I don't make it out here, where am I going to go? Nike? Hooters? Asia? Anywhere but here, I guess."