Golfer

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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.

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 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.

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

Everyone knows what the Masters is, even if you're a non-golfer. People know what Wimbledon is. They know what the Super Bowl is. There are certain events that people just know about.

I've been a gamer all my life.

I've gotten more buff.

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

There are golfers everywhere who may never get a chance to play a links course in Scotland, a tree-lined course in America or the sand belts of Australia. Hopefully I can bring some of those elements into their backyards.

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

My mom was tough.

I'm committed to try to make the product the best I possibly can.

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

I like to pick my causes and not be forced into doing something.

I don't make any rules.

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 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.

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.

Life has been good.