Tiger Woods Should Speak from the Heart, Not from a Prepared Statement

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Published: February 19, 2010

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If Tiger Woods really wants to make amends for the people he's hurt and let down with his behavior, he should speak from the heart and not from some antiseptic, contrived piece of paper probably scripted by one of his handlers.

As Bleacher Report's own Editor-in-Chief Joe Yanarella told me, "If it reads anything like A-Rod's forced, scripted statement that was awkward, uncomfortable, and felt like he was struggling to read the highly-paid words of a PR spin doctor, it's going to be a disaster."

And I couldn't agree more.

Now, we don't know for sure yet what that statement is going to say. All jokes aside, he may actually admit that he was wrong and that it was his fault.

But if not, and he instead blames others for his missteps or he simply says we're not here to talk about that past, then the whole thing will be a complete and utter waste of time.

Haven't these celebrities learned from others' mistakes by now? I mean, consider how foolish former major league baseball slugger Mark McGwire came off with his recent statements.

McGwire continues to insist that his steroid use did not improve his ability to hit home runs and that he only did it for health reasons.

Right, and I am the easter bunny.

Hey, sometimes honesty truly is the best policy.

I know that there are people who are paid huge sums of money to derive these statements and that I am no expert on these matters, but I believe that Tiger should simply come out and say something similar to the following:

"I made mistakes that were my own fault, and I lived my life in a way which didn't begin to compare to the image that was created. Much of what you have heard about is true. I was unfaithful to my wife and was not the family man that my PR people portrayed me as. And, in the process, I seriously disappointed my family, my fans, and my sponsors. For that, words alone cannot express how truly r...
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