John Powers
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He was walking alone with his caddy, and there were maybe 15 or 20 kids standing behind the ropes trying to get the autographs of any player walking on or off the range. It was a practice day, and most players will stop in that circumstance and sign a few autographs. Tiger Woods put his head down and walked right between the kids, never looked left or right, and just kept going.
And I remember thinking to myself, who does this guy think he is? Well, as it turned out, he thought he was Tiger Woods. So I think he had it right. But my early memories of Tiger are that he was always programmed and his golf was overwhelming. But I remember feeling disappointed because he was obviously... very bright. He'd gone to Stanford for a couple of years.
And I remember thinking to myself, who does this guy think he is? Well, as it turned out, he thought he was Tiger Woods. So I think he had it right. But my early memories of Tiger are that he was always programmed and his golf was overwhelming. But I remember feeling disappointed because he was obviously... very bright. He'd gone to Stanford for a couple of years.
And I remember thinking to myself, who does this guy think he is? Well, as it turned out, he thought he was Tiger Woods. So I think he had it right. But my early memories of Tiger are that he was always programmed and his golf was overwhelming. But I remember feeling disappointed because he was obviously... very bright. He'd gone to Stanford for a couple of years.
You could tell just by the way he reacted to things that he got things quicker than most athletes did. But he wasn't giving anything up. His father, Earl, had programmed him, don't give away anything for free. So you remember those cliches I talked about that you get in the interview room? He was a cliche machine. And if you tried to talk to him one-on-one, he really had no interest.
You could tell just by the way he reacted to things that he got things quicker than most athletes did. But he wasn't giving anything up. His father, Earl, had programmed him, don't give away anything for free. So you remember those cliches I talked about that you get in the interview room? He was a cliche machine. And if you tried to talk to him one-on-one, he really had no interest.
You could tell just by the way he reacted to things that he got things quicker than most athletes did. But he wasn't giving anything up. His father, Earl, had programmed him, don't give away anything for free. So you remember those cliches I talked about that you get in the interview room? He was a cliche machine. And if you tried to talk to him one-on-one, he really had no interest.
And the only time I really ever had a lengthy one-on-one conversation with him was in 1998 after he'd won the Masters and had become a superstar at 21. And he actually reached out to me because he was, I think, surprised, I guess, that I was one of the very few people
And the only time I really ever had a lengthy one-on-one conversation with him was in 1998 after he'd won the Masters and had become a superstar at 21. And he actually reached out to me because he was, I think, surprised, I guess, that I was one of the very few people
And the only time I really ever had a lengthy one-on-one conversation with him was in 1998 after he'd won the Masters and had become a superstar at 21. And he actually reached out to me because he was, I think, surprised, I guess, that I was one of the very few people
members of the media who was at all critical of his behavior none of us could criticize his golf and other players had told him look John's a pretty fair guy if you've got a problem with him you should sit down and talk to him about it and to his everlasting credit he did he went to dinner at a restaurant in San Diego and talked for about four hours
members of the media who was at all critical of his behavior none of us could criticize his golf and other players had told him look John's a pretty fair guy if you've got a problem with him you should sit down and talk to him about it and to his everlasting credit he did he went to dinner at a restaurant in San Diego and talked for about four hours
members of the media who was at all critical of his behavior none of us could criticize his golf and other players had told him look John's a pretty fair guy if you've got a problem with him you should sit down and talk to him about it and to his everlasting credit he did he went to dinner at a restaurant in San Diego and talked for about four hours
And it was very intense because Tiger was very smart, came right at you when he disagreed with you. We argued a lot about his father.
And it was very intense because Tiger was very smart, came right at you when he disagreed with you. We argued a lot about his father.
And it was very intense because Tiger was very smart, came right at you when he disagreed with you. We argued a lot about his father.
Yes, exactly. And in fact, what I had done was I had compared him in a piece I'd written in Newsweek to Stefano Capriati, who was the father of Jennifer Capriati, who you might remember years ago came on the tennis tour, took it by storm. She was going to be the next Chris Everett. Her father was making deals for her left and right when she was 13 years old.