Tiger Woods (After winning the 2001 Masters): “The Golfing Gods are looking down on me.”

Tiger Woods (Before the 2001 Masters): “No matter what happens, the sun will come up on Monday.”

Tiger Woods (on why he needs to thank his parents): “Well, I GUESS they created me.”

Earl Woods (on Tiger’s conception): “I guess that WAS one lucky night, huh?!!”

Earl Woods (reacting to Tiger’s blond hair): “Oh my GOD, what has he done now?!”

Tida Woods (Tiger’s mother): “He is the UNIVERSAL CHILD.”

Butch Harmon (Tiger’s “teacher”): “Tiger is VERY blessed.”

Davis Love III (Tour Player) “Something is obviously going on with Tiger that is not going on with the rest of us.”

Johnny Miller (On NBC at Bay Hill 2002): “Like Moses …he (Tiger) parted the Red Sea and everyone else just drown.”

Geoff Ogilivy (Tour player): “Tiger is the the KING.”

Grant Waite (Tour Player): “Tiger is a Zen Master.” “Maybe out there in some other universe some guy can this. But in this one, where we are, nobody has ever stepped into a pair of golf shoes and played the game like he has.”

Paul Azinger (Tour player in 2001): “Tiger is superhuman. It is weird. It is actually kind of freaky.”

Paul Azinger (in 2006 as ABC announcer): “There is just something about him that makes him super-human.”

Michael Jordan (Tiger’s friend): “I really do believe he was put here for a bigger reason than just to play golf. I don’t think that he is a god, but I do believe that he was sent by One.”

Charles Barkley (Tiger’s friend): “They (other tour players) are afraid of the BLACK JESUS.”

Paul Goydos (Tour player) “Who’s caught up with Tiger?Who is this person? I haven’t met him yet. All it looks like to me is Tiger’s catching up with God.”

Charlie Sifford (African-American Senior Tour Player): “He’s God’s gift to the game.”

Curtis Strange (ABC Announcer): “Trevino said years ago ‘God didn’t give one golfer everything.’ Well, that was before Tiger Woods came about.He’s not only very good at everything, he’s probably one of the top three in every category right now.He’s got the total, total package.”

Robert Seigel (NPR commentator):”Woods is an athlete whose successes are so spectacular as to suggest more the improbable exploits of a sports-fiction hero than a creature of real life.”

Pete McDaniel (golf writer): “Earl’s encouraging words to Tiger — “let the legend grow” — continue to resonate as Tiger stalks every record the game holds sacred and unattainable. That his aura continues to expand, too, is a natural phenomenon. Just like the man himself.”

Tom Watson (Tour Legend): “He plays golf Supernaturally.”

Mark Calcavecchia (Tour player): “He is the Chosen One.”

David Feherty (CBS Announcer): “He’s not from our solar system.” “Watching Tiger, a lot of times, it’s like witnessing a miracle.” “I don’t know what Tiger is, but I know that there weren’t TWO of them on Noah’s Ark.”

Hal Sutton (after beating Tiger at the TPC): “I was lying in bed and I said, ‘You know what? I’m not praying to Tiger. He is not a God. He’s human just like I am.’”

Casey Martin (after winning his Supreme Court case and being asked about Tiger’s supposed lack of support): “God’s a lot bigger than Tiger. If

God was going to provide for me, he didn’t need Tiger.”

Rocco Mediate (Tour Player): “He’s not human.”

Luke Donald (in 2006): “He has a great mental belief in himself. He’s obviously got a good game, but he just kind of wills it in the hole.”

Ernie Els (Tour Player): “He’s kind of a freak, you know?”

Mark O’Meara (Tiger’s best friend on tour): “He never stops amazing me with these un-GODly shots he hits.”

Jack Nicklaus (currently the greatest player who ever lived): “It is an honor to be compared with Tiger Woods.” “There is only one Tiger Woods… He’s an amazing young man.”

Earl (Tiger’s earthly father): “He is the Chosen One. He’ll have the power to impact nations. The world is just getting a taste of his power.”

Tiger (asked “if God said you could only win ONE major, which would it be?”): “the way I am, I’d argue with Him and say, “Why can’t I have all four?’”

Tiger (after 1996 Masters, his last as an amateur): “It is here that I have left my youth behind and became a man.”

Tiger (in 1996 after winning his third straight U.S. Amateur): “I’m going to celebrate like HELL tonight.”

Tiger (on willing things to happen to win that title): “That birdie putt on the 35th hole at Pumpkin Ridge. I knew it was going in. I gave it no choice.”

Tiger (on Jack Nicklaus): “We have an understanding of each other… it’s inherent. I definitely sense something when I’m around him. We’re a lot alike.”

Tiger (On his relationship with Jack in 2006): “It’s a bond without saying anything. It’s a weird deal. It’s a weird feeling I get from him because we just understand each other.”

Tiger (on the truth): “I always come from the truth. I’ve learned you can always come from the truth, but you don’t have to tell the whole truth.”

Tiger (on the Fuzzy Zoeller incident): “I forgive, but I don’t forget.”

Tiger (on his mortality): I am just like you guys. I’m a human being, and all I do is chase a little white ball around.”

Tiger (on his life to date): “The best year of my life was when I was eleven. I got straight A’s, had two recesses a day, and the cutest girlfriend, and won thirty-two tournaments that year. Everything’s been downhill since.”

Tiger (in 1995 on being a role model for blacks): “I feel I have an obligation to serve as a role model to EVERYONE, regardless of color.”

Tiger (in 1997 on his purpose): “I am in a very unique position where a lot of kids look up to me because I’m around their age group. And I think if I can influence their lives in a positive way, then I believe that’s what the BIG GUY IN THE SKY had intended for me.” “I think I understand why the BIG GUY UP IN THE SKY has given me some of these talents, and I think the main reason is to help people.”

Tiger (on teaching kids golf): “I am not trying to preach to them that this is ‘a sport for you.’ I’m saying, ‘This is an opportunity for you to grow as a person.’I think that is what really matters.”

Tiger (on the Columbine massacre): “What we have forgotten is our values and morals and understanding of proper respect; a lot of kids aren’t taught that.”

Tiger (on race relations): “We’re making progress slowly but surely.”

Tiger (on the power of the subconscious): “I’ve learned to trust the subconscious. My instincts have never lied to me.”

Tiger (on religion): “I believe in Buddhism. Not every aspect of it, but most of it, but most of it. So I take bits and pieces. I don’t believe that human beings can achieve ultimate enlightenment, because humans have flaws. I don’t want to get rid of all my wants and desires. I can enjoy material things, but that doesn’t mean I need them.”

Tiger (on what he believes in): “I believe in what I can do with a golf ball.”

Tiger (on flaws of humanity): “I really don’t believe that there is such a thing as perfection, because we are human. We are all technically imperfect, so how can we ever achieve perfection?”

Tiger (on self love): “If you truly love yourself, then obviously everything will be okay.”

Tiger (on mental toughness): “I think your mind will carry you. The mind controls controls the body. So if the mind tells the body what to do, it’ll do it. It’s just a matter of getting the mind under control to make your body respind. Ans under the most extreme circumstances, when the competition is that fierce and that heightened and my concentration is that high, I feel like I can make things happen.”

Tiger (on golf): “That’s what golf is, the struggle with the internal DEMONS. That is why I love it.”

Tiger (on his success): “I’ve been very blessed.”