Tiger Woods Quotes

I don't mind if somebody comes up to me and shakes my hand, but if I'm in the middle of a restaurant and somebody asks me for a picture, I can be a jerk and say no, or I can say yes and draw more attention to myself, which is exactly the opposite of what I want.

I don't mind it. My friends think it's kind of rude of the people to come up to me and treat me like an object.

You wouldn't know it, from some of the things I've said over the years, but I like people. I do. I like people, but I like them in short bursts. I don't like people for extended periods of time. I'm all right with them for a little while, but once you get up past around... a minute, minute and a half, I gotta get the fuck out of there.

I say no to photographs. When people take my picture, I feel like they've taken a piece of me, and I can't get that back. It's soul-draining.

I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other.

The thing I worry about for myself is I spend a lot of time alone, and another person comes around and you're like, 'What are you doing here? Get out of here.'

I hate it when people come up to me when I'm eating.

I'm really not a party person. I'm in the business of working with 100 people every day, so I don't revel in meeting a roomful of people in my leisure time.

It's not annoying if only a couple of people come up. If a bunch of them crowd around me, it's annoying.

Most people who know me know I'm not switched on all the time. I don't like to be like that in real life, because it's draining.

I don't mind if someone yells a motto out of their car at me. 'No touching! No touching!' No harm is done.

I've had people come stand in front of the treadmill and wait for me to acknowledge their presence so they can speak.

When you come in the club, people are trying to get your attention, so they pull your hand. It's like, why are you pulling on me?

At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles. Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock at once at thy closet door and say,—'Come out unto us.' But keep thy state; come not into their confusion. The power men possess to annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act.

It is right that you have to have a tolerance for solitude. But when that solitude bears fruit, you can abandon it. You can be in the company of others.

I've heard some pretty bad things in my life. I'm just one of those people I've gotten to a point where I don't want to be rude, but if it's uninvited attention from people it's like, "Thank you, but no." I'm going to shut you down right away.

. . . Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own.

Obviously, circumstances alone do not make us happy or unhappy. It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings. Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven is within you. That is where the kingdom of hell is, too.

When we lose our tolerance for vulnerability, joy becomes foreboding.

I really make a point of never worrying, or trying not to worry, about the way I'm perceived. You'll go crazy otherwise.

Our rest is formed by our waking life and our waking life is formed by our sorrows.

If they come prying they can leave curious.

I'm always down to chill with people. I'm so happy to have a conversation. But, yeah, I feel like if you're always exposing yourself, if you're always engaging with social media, then you no longer have the right to say no. And I want to retain that right, for as long as I can.

I'm really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.

You don't have to fight every battle. You don't have to respond to every critic. You don't have to be offended because of what others say. You can rise above these things and soar.