Here are some quotes from Tiger’s speech…
“I’m deeply sorry”.
“My apology will not come in the form of words. It will come in my actions over time.”
“For all that I have done, I am so sorry. I have a lot to atone for.”
“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 show enormous grace.”
“Elin deserves praise, not blame.”
“I was unfaithful, I had affairs, I cheated. What I did was not acceptable.”
“I knew my actions were wrong, but I convinced myself that normal rules didn’t apply. I thought only of myself”
“I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to. I thought I deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me.”
“I was wrong, I was foolish. I brought this shame on myself.”
“I’ve had a lot of time to think about what I have done. My failures have made me look at myself in a way I never wanted to before.”
“It’s up to me to start living a life of integrity.”
“It’s not what you acheive in life, it’s what you overcome.”
“It’s hard to admit that I need help, but I do. For 45 days at the end of December, I was receiving inpatient therapy for my issues.”
“I do not use performance enhancing drugs.”
“My family did not do these things, I did.”
“Whatever my wrongdoings, for the sake of my family, please leave my wife and kids alone.”
“I recognize I have brought this on myself, and above all, I am the one that needs to change.”
“My focus will be to become a better man.”
“Part of following this path for me, is Buddhism, which my mother taught me as a young age.”
“I practiced my faith until recently. Buddhism teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint. Obviously I lost track of what I was taught.”
“As I move forward, I will continue to receive help, because I’ve learned that’s how people change. Starting tomorrow I will receive more treatment and help.”
“I need to regain my balance, and be centered so I can save the things that are most important to me, my marriage and my children.”
“I do plan to return to golf one day, I just don’t know when that day will be. I do not know if it will be this year.”
“I want to thank the PGA tour for their patience and understanding while I work on my private life.”
“There are many people in this room, and at home who believed in me. Today I want to ask for your help I ask you to find room in your heart to one day believe in me again. Thank you.”
Posted Friday, February 19th, 2010 at 8:08am
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