Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.

Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.

I'm going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time.
(after the team's cocaptain, offensive read more

I'm going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time.
(after the team's cocaptain, offensive guard Robert Pratt, pulled a hamstring running onto the field for the coin toss against St. Louis)

What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part read more

What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game... There is no reason why the field should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife's fidelity and his mother's respectability.

I'm a 4-wheel-drive pickup type of guy. So is my wife.

I'm a 4-wheel-drive pickup type of guy. So is my wife.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

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.

Thou shalt not covet; but tradition approves all forms of competition.

Thou shalt not covet; but tradition approves all forms of competition.

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

I'm a golfer -- not an athlete.

I'm a golfer -- not an athlete.