CBS’s ’60 Minutes’ – March 2006
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ED BRADLEY (voice-over): For Tiger, the greater the
pressure, the bigger the rush. He won three of his first six tournaments this year, all of
them on the final hole, two of them in playoffs. No one handles the stress of competition
better.
(END VIDEO CLIP) How do you explain that?
TIGER WOODS: I think it`s just concentration. I mean, your concentration is so high
and so keen because all this pressure`s on you. Your senses are more heightened.
Everything seems to flow better. It’s a great feeling.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BRADLEY (voice-over): When he’s in that zone, it can be so
unnerving that his opponents sometimes self-destruct.
(END VIDEO CLIP) You’re aware of that intimidation that you have?
WOODS: I’m aware if I’m playing at my best I’m tough to beat, and I enjoy that.
BRADLEY: So when you go out, do you expect to dominate, do you expect to win?
WOODS: I expect to win, yes — always.
BRADLEY: Every time?
WOODS: Yes. It’s just a belief you have to have. I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor,
you have to have that belief in yourself.
BRADLEY: And what separates the great from those who are just very good?
WOODS: Be able to repeat it again and again and again.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BRADLEY (voice-over): For Tiger, practice is the key, and his
work ethic is legendary. He`s up at dawn and can stay out on the course for as long as 14
hours hitting balls again and again and again off the tee, out of the sand or on the green.
It’s a never-ending quest for perfection.
(END VIDEO CLIP) When your game is that good, there’s still that many things to work
on
WOODS: Oh, God, yes.
BRADLEY: & that you can stay 14 hours out there?
WOODS: Oh, yes. You’re never there. You never ever get there. You never ever arrive.
But is sure is fun trying.
August 14, 2007
