You can always become better.

~ Tiger Woods

In order to hit a good golf shot at that moment in time when you’re standing over the ball, you must believe that golf shot is the most important things in your life.

~ Tiger Woods

Jack Nicklaus: It’s all mental for Tiger

Associated Press
Updated: September 16, 2011

INCHEON, South Korea — Jack Nicklaus said Tiger Woods can still beat his record of 18 major championships — provided he can stay in control of his mental game… Click here to read on

The biggest thing is to have a mind-set and a belief you can win every tournament going in.

~ Tiger Woods

It’s something you have to find from within. You have to keep pushing yourself from within. It’s not about what other people think and what other people say. It’s about what you want to accomplish and do you want to go out there and be prepared to beat everyone you play or face.

~ Tiger Woods

It’s just a matter of, for me, getting my mind where it needs to be. Certainly I’ve made a lot of adjustments in my life, and I’ve gone through a lot. A lot.

~ Tiger Woods, discussing how the mental aspect of golf
affects his performance

I’ve had moments where I didn’t hit the ball very good coming in, and you’ve got to turn it around. That’s the whole idea of practicing and really working on being focused on what I’m doing and being committed to what I’m doing. I know what the fix is and I’ve proven it to myself, and it’s just a matter of going out there and executing it consistently over 72 holes.

~ Tiger Woods

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.

~ Tiger Woods

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.

~ Tiger Woods

Even at the age of five, [Tiger Woods] had the ability to hit ten perfect shots in a row. He’d stay in the present and hit a perfect drive, and then he’d hit a perfect second shot, and then a perfect putt. And then another perfect drive, and so on. Maybe he would miss one shot in there somewhere, but he then he would hit another series of perfect shots… Sure there are people on the PGA tour who can hit it as well as Tiger. But they don’t seem to do it over and over again. Tiger always stays in the present and he just makes few mistakes.

~ Rudy Duran

Note: Rudy Duran was Tiger Woods’ first professional swing coach.