21/03/2010
Numa entrevista de seis minutos para Kelly Tilghman, comentarista do Golf Channel, mantida em segredo até a última hora, Tiger Woods finalmente respondeu algumas perguntas sobre o escândalo sexual em que se meteu depois de bater o carro quando saia de casa na madrugada de 27 de novembro. Tilghman, amiga de Tiger, é aquela que quase perdeu o emprego ao elogiá-lo no ar com uma fase impensada – “o único jeito de parar o Tiger é linchá-lo num beco escuro” – que gerou uma confusão desproporcional ao incidente. Tiger a perdoou publicamente.
Foram 21 perguntas e, finalmente, as primeiras respostas públicas de Tiger no pós revelações de suas vida amorosa fora do casamento. Tilghman fez as perguntas que deveria fazer, mas não retrucou nenhuma, nem quando ela perguntou por que Tiger batera o carro e ele disse que foi por estar dirigindo rápido demais. A entrevista foi gravada no Isleworth, o clube de Tiger, ao lado de sua casa, na Flórida, pouco antes das 16 horas locais, e levada ao ar duas horas e meia mais tarde (20h20 do Brasil). Como foram usadas duas câmaras, uma delas fechada em Tiger, não se sabe se houve corte ou edição.
ESPN – Tiger deu ainda outra entrevista de aproximadamente cinco minutos, no memso local, para Tom Rinaldi, da ESPN. Não houve restrições sobre as perguntas, apenas o limite de tempo e a exigência que fosse ao ar após as 20h30 (19h30 na Flórida). Os temas foram mais ou menos os mesmos, embora Tiger tenha se mostrado mais à vontade com a comentarista do Golf Channel, esboçando até alguns sorrisos.
Algumas perguntas foram mais diretas e Tiger foi mais lacônico nas repostas, falando várias vezes que se tratava de um assunto particular. Rinaldi encerrou a entrevista pergunto a Tiger por que ele se casou. “Porque eu a amava. Amava a Elin mais do que tudo”, respondeu. “Por isso me senti tão mal”.
Nervosismo – Tiger disse ao Golf Channel que não sabe o que esperar do público em sua volta ao Masters, no começo de abril. “Para ser honesto eu estou um pouco nervoso sobre isso, espero ouvir algumas palmas aqui e ali”, respondeu. Tiger disse ainda que sua vida virou uma grande 
mentira e que tentou mas não conseguiu sair da armadilha em que se meteu. “Eu estava vivendo uma vida de mentiras, realmente estava”, disse. “Fazia um monte de coisa que feria as pessoas” continuou Tiger, dizendo que entrou num processo de negação da verdade.
O número 1 do mundo inocentou ainda as pessoas que o cercam e disse que um dia terá que contar o que aconteceu a seus dois filhos, hoje muito pequenos para entender. E, no final, mostrou um bracelete que está usando, segundo ele budista, para sua proteção. Foi quando se viu que estava sem a aliança de casamento, que não usa mais.
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Kelly
Tilghman: Tiger,
you`ve been a master of control your entire life, how did things get so out of
control?
Tiger Woods: Going against your core values, losing sight of it. I quit
meditating, I quit being a Buddhist, and my life changed upside down. I felt
entitled, which I had never felt before. Consequently, I hurt so many people by
my own reckless attitude and behavior.
KT: Were there moments you thought you should stop, but didn`t?
TW: Yeah, I tried to stop and I couldn`t stop. It was just, it was
horrific.
KT: For a man who`s so disciplined physically and psychologically, why
couldn`t you say no?
TW: I don`t know, now I know. It`s part of what I learned in treatment,
being there for 45 days you learn a lot. You strip away the denial, the rationalization
and you come to the truth and the truth is very painful at times and to stare
at yourself and look at the person you`ve become…you become disgusted.
KT: The Masters is a demanding stage on its own, let alone for a return
of this magnitude, how do you know you`re mentally prepared for this?
TW: I`m excited to get back and play. I miss the game. I miss playing, I
miss competing. I wasn`t ready to play in Tavistock or play in Bay Hill, I
expressed that to Joe [Lewis, Tavistock Group chairman] as well as Arnold
[Palmer]. I want to play in these events but I just wasn`t ready. I started too
late with my preparation. Hank and I are starting to work now and start to get
it going.
KT: How do you know you`ll be ready for the Masters?
TW: I`m starting to get my feel back. I know how to play the golf course
and that helps a lot. I just got to play it.
KT: How will your therapy affect your 2010 schedule? I`m assuming you`ll
have more in-patient therapy ahead.
TW: Yeah, I will have more treatment, more therapy sessions. As far as
my schedule going forward, I don`t know what I`m going to do, Kelly. Last year
I didn`t know because of my knee; it was still uncertain, and this year, with
all the things that I`ve done I don`t know what I`ll be doing either. That to
me is a little bit bothersome, too, in a sense that I don`t like not knowing
what to do, but what I know I have to do is become a better person and that
begins with going to more treatment.
KT: You went from becoming recognized as the greatest golfer in the
world to becoming a punch line. How did that make you feel?
TW: It was hurtful, but then again you know what, I did it. I`m the one
who did those things and looking back on it now with a more clear head, I get
it. I can understand why people will say these things because you know what, it
was disgusting behavior. As a person, it`s hard to believe that was me, looking
back on it now.
KT: America
was concerned when the world`s greatest golfer was lying on the ground with no
shoes at 2:30 in the morning, bleeding, what happened that night?
TW: It`s all in the police report, they investigated it and they have it
on public record; there`s a lot of stuff between Elin and I that will remain
private and that`s about it.
KT: How did you crash the car?
TW: I wasn`t going very fast, but unfortunately, I hit a few things.
KT: It`s been reported that members of your team, your inner circle were
involved in your misdoings, is it true?
TW: That is not true; it was all me. I`m the one who did it, I`m the one
who acted the way I acted, no one knew what was going on. I`m sure if more
people would have known in my inner circle they would`ve, they would`ve stopped
it … or tried to put a stop to it, but I kept it all to myself.
KT: What is the state of your marriage with Elin right now?
TW: We`re working on it and it`s a process that will remain private
between her and I.
KT: If your father were here today and looked back on these last four
months, what would he say to you?
TW: He`d be very disappointed in me. We`d have numerous long talks. That`s
one of the things I miss, I miss his guidance, wish I could have had his
guidance through all this to have him help straighten me up. I know he would`ve
done it.
KT: What do you think he would say?
TW: Can`t say it on air but he would`ve been very direct. Basically
said, you need to get your life headed in the right direction again.
KT: For the 12-year-olds and the parents out there who looked at you as
a role model, what do you have to say to them to make them believe in you
again?
TW: It`s going to be over time. It`s going to be my actions over time. I`m
trying to become a better person each and every day. The proof in the pudding
is over time and that`s what I`m trying to do. I will continue to do that.
KT: How will you explain this to your children, one day when they`re old
enough to understand?
TW: I will have that sit-down talk and it won`t be just one time, I know
that. It will be numerous times and I take full ownership of it, I did it. No
one else did; it was just me and that`s a responsibility that I will have. I
will talk to my kids, for however long they want to talk about it. That is a
conversation that will need to be had.
KT: Based on all that has transpired, what do you want your legacy to be
when all is said and done?
TW: Just like I wanted before. I felt that golf was a vehicle for me to
help a lot of people. My dad had always said something that I never really
quite understood until these times. In order to help other people, you first
have to learn how to help yourself. Going into a treatment center for 45 days,
I learned a lot. I learned how to help myself and that`s the way I can help
others down the road.
KT: I noticed you`re wearing a bracelet, can we see it?
TW: Yeah.
KT: What does it mean?
TW: It`s Buddhist, it`s for protection and strength and I certainly need
that.
KT: When did you start wearing it?
TW: Before I went into treatment.
KT: Will you be wearing it during the Masters?
TW: Absolutely.
KT: For the rest of your life?
TW: Absolutely.
KT: Tiger, thank you.
TW: Thanks, Kel.
Tom Rinaldi: What`s the difference between the man who left
Augusta national a year ago and the one who is about to return?
Tiger Woods: A lot has transpired in my life. A lot of ugly things have happened.
Things that…..I`ve done some pretty bad things in my life. And uh,
all came to a head. But now, after treatment, going for inpatient
treatment for 45 days and more outpatient treatment, I`m getting back to
my old roots.
Rinaldi: For a lot of people, the
spark of those bad things is Nov. 27. Early that day, what happened?
Woods: Well, it`s all in the police report. Beyond that, everything`s between
Elin and myself and that`s private.
Rinaldi: Why did
you lose control of the car?
Woods: As I said …
that`s between Elin and myself.
Rinaldi: If it`s a
private matter, why issue a public apology?
Woods:
Well, I owe a lot of people an apology. I hurt a lot of people. Not just
my wife. My friends, my colleagues, the public, kids who looked up to
me. There were a lot of people that thought I was a different person and
my actions were not according to that. That`s why I had to apologize. I
was so sorry for what I had done.
Rinaldi: You`ve
said you`ve made transgressions. How would you, in your own words,
describe the depth of your infidelity?
Woods: Well,
just one is, is enough. And obviously that wasn`t the case, and I`ve
made my mistakes. And as I`ve said, I`ve hurt so many people, and so
many people I have to make an amends to, and that`s living a life of
amends.
Rinaldi: You said you were in treatment. The
simple question is, for what?
Woods: That`s a
private matter as well. But I can tell you what, it was tough, it was
really tough to look at yourself in a light that you never want to look
at yourself, that`s pretty brutal.
Rinaldi: What`d
you see?
Woods: I saw a person that I never thought I
would ever become.
Rinaldi: Who was that?
Woods: Well, I had gotten away from my core values as I said earlier. I`d
gotten away from my Buddhism. And I quit meditating. I quit doing all
the things that my mom and dad had taught me. And as I said earlier in
my statement, I felt entitled, and that is not how I was raised.
Rinaldi: Why not seek treatment before all of this came out?
Woods: Well, I didn`t know I was that bad. I didn`t know that I was that bad.
Rinaldi: How did you learn that? How did you learn it?
Woods: Stripping away denial, rationalization. You strip all that away and you
find the truth.
Rinaldi: How do you reconcile your
behavior with your view of marriage?
Woods: That`s
living a life of amends and that`s just working at it each and every
day.
Rinaldi: Given all that`s happened, what`s
your measure of success at Augusta?
Woods: Well,
playing is one thing. I`m excited to get back and play. I`m excited to
get to see the guys again. I really miss a lot of my friends out there. I
miss competing. But still, I still have a lot more treatment to do, and
just because I`m playing, doesn`t mean I`m gonna stop going to
treatment.
Rinaldi: What reception are you
expecting from fans?
Woods: I don`t know. I don`t
know. I`m a little nervous about that to be honest with you.
Rinaldi: How much do you care?
Woods: It would be nice to
hear a couple claps here and there. But also hope they clap for birdies,
too.
Rinaldi: Eleven months ago, here at Isleworth,
I asked you, `How well does the world know you?` What`s your answer to
that now?
Woods: A lot better now. I was living a
life of a lie. I really was. And I was doing a lot of things, like I
said, that hurt a lot of people. And stripping away denial and
rationalization you start coming to the truth of who you really are and
that can be very ugly. But then again, when you face it and you start
conquering it and you start living up to it. The strength that I feel
now, I`ve never felt that type of strength.
Rinaldi: In the last four months, Tiger, what`s been the low point?
Woods: I`ve had a lot of low points. Just when I didn`t think it could get any
lower, it got lower.
Rinaldi: An example?
Woods: When I was in treatment, out of treatment, before I went in, there were
so many different low points. People I had to talk and face like my
wife, like my mom.
Rinaldi: What was that moment
like, either one?
Woods: They both have been brutal.
They`ve both been very tough. Because I hurt them the most. Those
are the two people in my life who I`m closest to and to say the things
that I`ve done, truthfully to them, is … honestly … was … very
painful.
Rinaldi: What was your wife`s reaction when you sat down and had
that first conversation?
Woods: She was hurt, she was
hurt. Very hurt. Shocked. Angry. And, you know, she had every right to
be and I`m as disappointed as everyone else in my own behavior because I
can`t believe I actually did that to the people I loved.
Rinaldi: I ask this question respectfully, but of course at a distance from your
family life. When you look at it now, why did you get married?
Woods: Why? Because I loved her. I loved Elin with everything I have. And
that`s something that makes me feel even worse, that I did this to
someone I loved that much.
Rinaldi: How do you
reconcile what you`ve done with that love?
Woods: We
work at it.
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