The hardest part of my day is at the very beginning: getting out of bed is a chore, perhaps the most difficult physical task I accomplish every day. Snooze buttons were made for people like me, those who just can’t drag themselves out of bed without a reminder every few minutes. Every Sunday, ESPN’s SportsCenter has a feature called the “Sunday Conversation.” In it, a prominent figure (usually an athlete) is interviewed and asked to comment on a wide variety of subjects. This Sunday’s interview was with Tiger Woods, perhaps the world’s most recognizable active athlete. I didn’t think it was possible to be more amazed by him: his list of accomplishments on the golf course and his charitable foundation are enough to amaze and inspire even the most cynical people. But there was a part of the interview when Scott van Pelt asked Tiger about his motivation to continue golfing, when he’s already won a dozen majors and millions of dollar. Here’s the exchange:

SvP: You’ve got 64 wins on the PGA Tour, a fortune in the bank. How do you fight the human nature that says, “I’m going to hit the snooze button today. I’m going to take my foot off the gas. I’m going to coast for a while.” Where does the hunger inside of you come from?

TW: I don’t know how you can think any other way….I look at life [like this]: the greatest thing about tomorrow is that I will be better than I am today and that’s the way I’ve always lived my life. I have no understanding why people do hit the snooze button. You have the chance to become a better person…all the different things you can do to become better for tomorrow. I don’t understand why [people] don’t take advantage of that.

Man, the say I see it, if that’s not inspirational, I don’t know what is.

Damn snooze button…