As like most of America, I watched the Tiger Woods non-conference and was listening carefully to every word he was saying.
Whether he was true and contrite in his remarks, that's for much smarter wordsmiths and much more experienced media personnel than me to cuss/discuss/dissect. However, here's what I take away from the non-conference.
As in my experience...what you want to say and what you do say are two totally different ballgames. I sometimes write my thoughts down on paper (or in this case, in a blog) because sometimes I can get in less trouble if my words are written and not verbal. And, most of the time my thoughts are what I label NFB (Not for Broadcast) because of the content involved. My point is...I'm sure Tiger wanted to take much less time to say "yeah, I messed up, I apologize to everyone involved. Forgive me." Period. End of Quote. "Rack 'Em" Done. But, something like this needs the time it took for one thing he needed to cover all bases.
Another point...at least Tiger is trying to re-discover the tenets of his faith. I know what you're going to say next. "But Robert, he's Buddhist. He should be learning the ways of God, not the ways of a lawn ornament". And you're not any better off? As they like to say on NFL Countdown, "C'mon Man!!!" We all have our faults. And we all have some spiritual foundation to call on to get us back on the right track. For me and presumably about 95% of other Americans, it's a Foundation of Jesus and His teachings and how we should live our lives as Christians. For some other people, it's other ways/belief systems/etc. I'm glad that Tiger is going back to his spiritual foundation. Whether it's the "right choice", it's not for us to decide.
Hope you understand where I'm coming from with this. I'm just one person with one opinion...and these are my thoughts. You can take them for what it's worth (which is probably not very much).
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