Tiger Woods apologized

Many of you in this room are my friends. Many of you in this room know me.

Many of you have cheered for me, or you worked with me or you supported me.

Now everyone of you has good reason to be critical of me.

I want to say to each of you simply and directly:

I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior I engaged in.

I know people want to find out how I could be so selfish and so foolish

People want to know how I could have done these things to my wife Elin and to my children and While I have always tried to be a private person, there are somethings I want to say.

Elin and I have started the process of discussing the damage caused by my behavior.

As Elin pointed out to me, my real apology to her will not come in the form of words it will come from my behavior over time.

We have a lot to discuss and however, when we say to each other, word remained between the two of us.

I am also aware of the pain my behavior have caused all of you in this room.

I have let you down. I have let down my fans.

For many of you, especially my friends, my behavior has been a personal disappointment.

To those of you who worked for me, I have let you down personally and professionally.

My behavior has caused considerable worry to my business partners.

To everyone involved in my foundation including my staffs, board of directors, sponsors and most importantly the young students rerich.

Our work is more important than ever.

Thirteen years ago, my dad and I envision helping young people achieve their dreams through education. This work remained unchanged and will continue to grow.

From the learning center stood in central California to the Earl Wood scholar in

Washington DC, million of kids have changed their lives, I am dedicated to making sure that continues but still I know I have barely disappointed all of you.

I have made you question who I am and how I could have done the things I did.

I am embarrassed that I have put you in this position.

For all that I have done, I am so sorry.

I have a lot to atone for, but there is one issue I really want to discuss.

Some people have speculated that Elin somehow hurt or attacked on Thanksgiving night

It angers me people will fabricate a story like that.

Elin never hit me that night or any other night.

There has never been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage, ever!

Elin has shown enormous grace and poise toward this ordeal.

Elin deserves praise not blame.

The issue involved here was my repeated irresponsible behavior: I was unfaithful, I had affairs ,and I cheated. What I did was not acceptable and I am the only person to blame.

I stopped living by the core values I was taught to believe in.

I knew my actions were wrong but I convinced myself the normal rules didn't apply.

I never thought about who I was hurting, instead I thought only about myself.

I went straight through the boundaries that married couples should live by.

I thought I could get a way to whatever I wanted to.

I thought I have worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled.

Thanks to money and fame. I didn't have to go far to find them.

I was wrong. I was foolish.

I don't get to play by different rules.

The same boundary that applied to everyone applied to me.

I brought the shame on myself.

I hurt my wife, my kids, my mother, my wife's family, my friends, my foundation

and kids all around the world who admired me.

I have a lot of time to think about what I've done.

My failures have made me look at myself in a way I never wanted to before.

It's now up to me to make amends and that starts by never repeating the mistakes I made.

It's up to me to start living a life of integrity. I want her and I believe it's true.

It's not what you achieve in life that matters, it's what you overcome.

Achievements on the golf course are only part of setting an example.

Character and decency are what really count.

Parent choose to point to me as a role model for their kids.

I owe all those families a special apology.

I want to say to them that I am truly sorry.

It's hard to admit that I need help, but I do.

For forty five days, from the end of December to early February, I was in impatient therapy receiving guidance for the issue I am facing.

I have a long way to go but taking my first steps in the right direction as I perceived.

I understand people have questions.

I understand the press want to ask me the details at the time I was unfaithful.

I understand people want to know whether Elin and I were remained together.

Please know that, as far as I am concerned,

every one of these questions and answers is a matter between Elin and me.

1. Memorize and repeat what you hear again and again

I brought shame on myself.

I am the only person to blame.

Elin and I were remained together

2. Check out pronunciations of certain words.

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