YOU GOTTA BELIEVE

The biggest thing is to have a mind-set and a belief you can win every tournament going in.

—TIGER WOODS

When you believe in yourself and the people you surround yourself with, you will win something really big someday.

—DICK VERMEIL

During a practice round Tiger Woods turned to friend Davis Love III and said wishfully, “Wouldn’t it be nice if we could play head-to-head down the stretch?” Two weeks later, competing in only his fifth professional tournament, Woods shot 8-under par 64 in the final round of the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational to finish in a tie for first place and force a sudden-death playoff. His opponent was Davis Love.

After the tournament ended on the first extra hole, a television announcer congratulated the twenty-year-old ...

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