Hank Haney Quotes

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

  Hank Haney

  Thinking, Important, Trying

  Hank Haney (2012). “The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods”, p.38, Crown Archetype

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• "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.

  Hank Haney

  Golf, Thinking, Swings

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• 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.

  Hank Haney

  Feelings, Problem, Plant

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

  Hank Haney

  Ideas, Way, Realizing

  "'It's not easy being Tiger'". Interview with Scott T. Miller, www.espn.com. December 6, 2012.

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• 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.

  Hank Haney

  Defense, Woods, Easy

  "It's not easy being Tiger". Interview with Scott T. Miller, www.espn.com. December 6, 2012.

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• 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.

  Hank Haney

  Fun, Want, Achieve

  Source: nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com

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• 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.

  Hank Haney

  Thinking, Shoes, People

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• 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.

  Hank Haney

  Simple, Thinking, Swings

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• 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.'

  Hank Haney

  Guy, Woods, Months

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• 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.

  Hank Haney

  Winning, Opportunity, Years

  "'It's not easy being Tiger'". Interview with Scott T. Miller, www.espn.com. December 6, 2012.

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• 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.

  Hank Haney

  Friendship, Littles, Woods

  "'It's not easy being Tiger'". Interview with Scott T. Miller, www.espn.com. December 6, 2012.

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