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.
Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.
People don’t understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented. I was never the biggest. I was never the fastest. I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic, and that’s been what has gotten me this far.
Golf is evolving, every day, every shot.
My dad has always taught me these words: care and share.
I don’t get to live by different rules. The same boundaries that apply to everyone apply to me.
My dad told me this: You get out of it what you put into it. If you put in effort and log your time, you’ll get the results.
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 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.
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 it.
And I don’t cook, either. Not as long as they still deliver pizza.
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 get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for – getting paid for doing what you love.
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.
Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.
In therapy I have learned the importance of keeping spiritual life and professional life balanced. I need to regain my balance.
My goal is to remain healthy my entire career, and a healthy diet seems like a good start.
You’re going to make mistakes. The key is to learn from them as fast as possible and make changes as soon as you can. That’s not always easy to do because ego and pride get in the way, but you have to put all that aside and look at the big picture.
I owe a lot of people an apology. I hurt a lot of people. Not just my wife. My friends, my colleagues, the public, kids who looked up to me. There were a lot of people that thought I was a different person and my actions were not according to that.
The good thing about coming over to the UK is that I can get some rest.