With those who don't give a damn about baseball, I can only sympathize. I do not resent them. I am read more

With those who don't give a damn about baseball, I can only sympathize. I do not resent them. I am even willing to concede that many of them are physically clean, good to their mothers and in favor of world peace. But while the game is on, I can't think of anything to say to them.

They pay me to practice. Sundays I play for free.
(explaining his contractual obligations)

They pay me to practice. Sundays I play for free.
(explaining his contractual obligations)

I'm convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.

I'm convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.

When Tiger was 6 months old, he would sit in our garage, watching me hit balls into a net. He read more

When Tiger was 6 months old, he would sit in our garage, watching me hit balls into a net. He had been assimilating his golf swing. When he got out of the high chair, he had a golf swing.

I went through baseball as "a player to be named later.".

I went through baseball as "a player to be named later.".

A good hitter has timing.
A good pitcher upsets timing.

A good hitter has timing.
A good pitcher upsets timing.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

The reason most people play golf is to wear clothes they would not be caught dead in otherwise.

The reason most people play golf is to wear clothes they would not be caught dead in otherwise.

There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me read more

There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid.