Hank Haney Quotations

One of the things you realize with a lot of high achievers: You have to figure out a way to make things their idea.

I know I was a great friend to Tiger Woods. But when you have a relationship that's involves business and friendship - and the business part comes to an end - things always get a little blurry.

My feeling was, you plant some seeds. If they grow, great; if they don't, you don't take it personally. Not my problem; I just kept planting. Just like a farmer.

Well it's not easy being Tiger Woods on the course. It's not easy being Tiger Woods off the course. In his defense, it's not easy being Tiger Woods.

I've been ripped for being too sensitive, but I do think people need to walk in another person's shoes before they accuse them of being too sensitive.

To have the opportunity to work with Tiger Woods was just so awesome. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the challenge. I enjoyed the good parts where he was winning. And I enjoyed the challenge to help him get better. But six years was enough.

Does anyone actually think I'm going to call Tiger Woods and tell him what to do with his swing one day, and he's going to go out and do it, simple as that? It doesn't work like that.

If Tiger Woods calls you up on the phone and asks you to help him, ... you've got to think he thinks you know something.

He just keeps getting better and better and better. I don't think there's a 'there' there.

We changed quite a bit. That doesn't take anything away from Butch Harmon. They did great things. The only person I care about pleasing is Tiger, not the critics.

The rough is very, very difficult and the course is long. Very long. It won't be a problem for Tiger, but it will be for a lot of players.

People ask when he's going to get there. They don't understand that there is no 'there.' You keep improving. He thinks that if he doesn't, someone else will improve and catch him.

I'm not saying I teach Tiger Woods. We're old friends. He respects my views on the game, just as he respects other people's views.

I know it comes with the territory. The only person I'm worried about pleasing is Tiger.

His attitude to his golf is the same as his attitude to life, ... He wants to be just as good as he is absolutely capable of being.

He's not going to ever be satisfied with getting there. He's not looking for 'getting there.' He's looking for getting better. That's what he looks for every day.

You just don't go in there with Tiger Woods and say, ‘Oh, do this.' Sean Foley was quoted, a month after he worked with Tiger, as saying ‘You can't get this guy to listen to anything.'

It's fun as a coach to work with somebody that has power and that has potential to achieve, really, anything that he wants to achieve. It's just a question of time and how much work they put into it.

"My swing is too fast" may be the biggest misconception ever. Think about it. If you take a fast, lousy swing and slow it down, all you've got left is a slow, lousy swing. Most people swing too slow, not too fast.

I think when you're trying to improve, the most important thing is to always have a plan.