“No matter how good you get, you can always get better, and that's the exciting part.”
–Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods will go down in history as one of the best to ever play the game. The golf legend has 82 PGA Tour wins (tied for most wins in history). His accomplishments include five Master Tournament wins, four PGA Championships, three U.S. Open Championships, and three British Open Championships. Woods was the youngest Masters champion ever and was the youngest to ever complete a career Grand Slam.
Tiger Woods' professional career began in 1996, but before that, Woods was a Cardinal. Woods played golf for two seasons at Stanford University. In his two years, Woods tied the school record for most tournament wins (11). He was also a 2x first-team All-American, a 1996 individual champion, and was named the Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year.
Tiger Woods is one of the greatest golfers of all time. However, even with all that he has accomplished, he still knows that he was never perfect. As an athlete, you have to be prepared to make mistakes if you want to succeed. The mistakes aren't the important part. The important part is how you react to your mistakes and learn from them.
It would be incredibly boring if athletes could become perfect. Nobody wants to watch a game where there isn't a single player who messes up. To Tiger Woods, mistakes are exciting to him. It means he still has room for improvement! Even at the peak of his career, Woods knew that he could still get better.
This is the fun part about sports and even life. Nobody is perfect, but it is exciting to see how close people can get.