Miami: Rehabilitation and religion were the two themes Tiger Woods was most open about discussing in his first television interviews on Sunday since revelations about his marriage infidelities emerged last November.
Woods has long been connected to Buddhism through his Thai mother and he said his detachment from the religion had been behind his fall from grace.
"Going against your core values, losing sight of it," he said when asked how he lost control of his life. "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 behaviour."
Although dressed in typically conservative fashion, Woods also wore a thin Buddhist bracelet, which he showed to Golf Channel viewers. "It's Buddhist, it's for protection and strength and I certainly need that," he said, adding that he began wearing the bracelet before he went into rehabilitation and that he intends to wear it for ever.
