Tiger Woods Speech: Video, Details, Transcript

Tiger Woods apologized to his friends, family, fans and business partners today at a speech in Florida. Woods expressed regret for "irresponsible and selfish behavior." He strongly denied rumors that wife Elin Nordegren  struck him the night of his car accident, and firmly stated that domestic violence has never been a part of his marriage.

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Woods said that he will return to golf but he does not "know when that day will be." He also criticized the media for intruding in the lives of his wife, children and mother. "Please leave my wife and kids alone," he firmly stated.

Woods invoked Buddhism as well:

I actively practiced my faith from childhood until I drifted away from it in recent years. Buddhism teaches that a craving for things outside ourselves causes an unhappy and pointless search for security. It teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint. Obviously, I lost track of what I was taught.