By: 
DATE: February 19, 2010
VENUE: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
TIME: 11 a.m.
“Many of you in this room are my friends. Many 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 a good reason to be critical of me. I wanna 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 could I be so selfish and so foolish, people want to know how could’ve done these things to my wife Elin and to my children. And while I have always tried to be a private person there are some things I want to say: You and I have started the process of discussing the damage cause by my behavior. As Elin pointed out to me, my real apology to her will not come in a form of words, it will come from my behavior over time. We have a lot to discuss and however what we say to each other will remained between the two of us.
I am also aware of the pain my behavior has cause to those 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 work for me, I have let you down personally and professionally. My behavior has cause considerable worry to my business partners. To everyone involved in my foundation, including my staff, board of directors, sponsors, and most importantly the young students we reached, our work is more important than ever.
Thirteen years ago, my dad and I envisioned young people achieve their dreams through education, this work remains unchanged and will continue to grow. Millions of kids have changed their lives and I’m dedicated to making sure that continues. But still, I know, I have barely disappointed all of you. I have made you questioned who I am and how I have done the things I did. I am embarassed that I put you in this position. For all that I have done, I am so sorry.
I have a lot to atone for but there’s one issue I’d really want to discuss. Some people have speculated that Elin somehow hurt or attack me on Thanksgiving night. It angers me that people would 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 throughout this ordeal.
Elin deserves praise not blame. The issue involved here was my repeated irresponsible behavior. I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated. What I did is not acceptable and I am the only person to blame.
I stop living with the core values that I was thought to believe in. I knew my actions were wrong but I convince myself that normal rules didn’t apply. I never thought about who I was hurting instead I thought only about myself. I run straight through the boundaries that a marry couple should live by. I thought I could get away whatever I wanted to. I thought I have worked hard my entire life and deserve 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 boundaries that apply to everyone applied to me. I brought the shame to myself. I hurt my wife, my kids, my mother, my wife’s family, my friends, my foundation, and kids all the world who admired to me.
I find a lot of time to think about what I have done. My failures have 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’ve made. It’s up to me to start living a life of integrity. I once heard and I believe it’s true. It’s not what you achieved in life that matters, it’s what you overcome. Achivements on the golf course are only part of setting an example. Character and decency are what really count. Parish used to point to me as a role model of 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 45 days from the end of December to early February I was in in-patient theraphy receiving guidance for the issues I’m facing. I have a long way to go about taking my first steps in the right direction. As I proceed, I understand people have questions, I understand the press wants to ask me for the details the times I was unfaithful, I understand people want to know whether Elin and I will remain together. Please know that as far as I’m concerned everyone of these questions and answers is a matter between Elin and me.”
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