Inspirations - Tiger Woods
TIGER WOODS | ARTHUR ASHE | JACKIE ROBINSON [BACK]
I had been dreaming about being a grandmaster for over a decade, but life had seemed to be constantly pulling me in different directions. I was a national championship coach, a commentator, and a designer of my own CD-ROM. I was married to a beautiful wife and I had a little girl that was Daddy's pride and joy. Still I was depressed because the dream that I felt should surely have been mine had remained elusive as ever. There was not a day that went by, I didn't think about the fact that I was not a Grandmaster. I was getting older and I thought my chance might never come. Then Tiger Woods arrived onto the scene.
Tiger's passion for excellence was clear. He had won many amateur tournaments, but it was his historic win in April of 1997, at the Masters, by an unheard of 12 strokes that captivated my imagination…and sent me deeper into my depression. Here was a man dominating at the highest level of a sport that had once kept out his kind. He had literally smashed all the barriers with his greatness, making it look easy in the process. It took four days for him to change the world of golf. He showed that a person of color could excel in anything.
Tiger's win at Augusta served as a wake-up call. It made me realize the need to make some serious changes in my life if I was going to get to where I wanted to be. I decided there and then that nothing else mattered, that I needed to prioritize my life if I was ever going to accomplish my goal. I had put on hold a career that I was very successful in to pursue one that had brought me confusion and frustration, but that I felt a deep passion for. It was that Sunday in April watching Tiger realize his dream that convinced me that I needed to change my life and go chase mine.
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I had been dreaming about being a grandmaster for over a decade, but life had seemed to be constantly pulling me in different directions. I was a national championship coach, a commentator, and a designer of my own CD-ROM. I was married to a beautiful wife and I had a little girl that was Daddy's pride and joy. Still I was depressed because the dream that I felt should surely have been mine had remained elusive as ever. There was not a day that went by, I didn't think about the fact that I was not a Grandmaster. I was getting older and I thought my chance might never come. Then Tiger Woods arrived onto the scene.
Tiger's passion for excellence was clear. He had won many amateur tournaments, but it was his historic win in April of 1997, at the Masters, by an unheard of 12 strokes that captivated my imagination…and sent me deeper into my depression. Here was a man dominating at the highest level of a sport that had once kept out his kind. He had literally smashed all the barriers with his greatness, making it look easy in the process. It took four days for him to change the world of golf. He showed that a person of color could excel in anything.
Tiger's win at Augusta served as a wake-up call. It made me realize the need to make some serious changes in my life if I was going to get to where I wanted to be. I decided there and then that nothing else mattered, that I needed to prioritize my life if I was ever going to accomplish my goal. I had put on hold a career that I was very successful in to pursue one that had brought me confusion and frustration, but that I felt a deep passion for. It was that Sunday in April watching Tiger realize his dream that convinced me that I needed to change my life and go chase mine.
www.tigerwoods.com
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