Quotes of the Week: March 15, 2015

“I spoke to Arnold today and told him that I will not play in his tournament this year. I am sorry I won’t be in Orlando next week, but I know it will be a really successful event. I’ve put in a lot of time and work on my game and I’m making strides, but like I’ve said, I won’t return to the PGA Tour until my game is tournament ready and I can compete at the highest level. I hope to be ready for the Masters and I will continue to work hard preparing for Augusta. I want to thank everyone again for their support.” - on his decision to skip the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

“Tiger called me personally this afternoon to let me know that he wouldn’t be playing here at Bay Hill. He said that his game is not quite ready yet and that he was disappointed that he won’t be able to play at the tournament, which has always meant a lot to him. I’m sorry that he won’t be playing. We’ll certainly miss him, but I understand and appreciated that he called me.” - on Woods not making the trip to Bay Hill next week.

“I’ve spent quite a bit of time down at Tiger’s house trying to be a good running mate and practicing with him; I can attest to the fact that things are improving and he is putting in solid work days and it’s not at the status he wanted. We had a discussion about this last week and he mentioned that he wanted to come back when he is ready to win. I agreed 100 percent.” - giving an update on his friend Woods.

“It’s not fair when a guy who might be doing something wrong that knows he has five or six weeks to do what he wants … In the NFL, they know when they are getting drug tested, we don’t. If it’s random, than make it random. … Ninety-nine point nine percent of the guys pass drug tests anyway,” – on the PGA Tour’s drug testing policy

“Again, it depends on what you’re looking for and I mean there’s rules for everything that’s on those lists but, again, I’ve said that before. Long and straight. Viagra might be the only one that’s going to get you anywhere. I don’t know. What else? I don’t know what else you take for performance enhancement in golf. I don’t know.” – joking about John Daly’s comments earlier in the week

“It was good to play with Inbee, my best friend on the tour. She is not No. 1 right now, but I believe she is the true No. 1. So, it was great to compete with her.” – after winning the World Ladies Championship in China

“I can’t imagine how this could have been communicated this way. It is wholly inaccurate and categorically false … Tiger owns his own name and always had. He can use his name in any form he chooses. Nike would confirm that if asked.” - on the report that Woods doesn’t own his own name. Nike later confirmed Steinberg’s comments.