WINFREY: So how are you handling all the adulation?
As you came in, the guys were, you know,
bowing and grown men cry.
What--what--what does that do to you?
Mr. WOODS: I--I haven't gotten used to--
I--I--I honestly don't feel comfortable with it.
WINFREY: You don't.
Mr. WOODS: No.
WINFREY: Yeah. You're still adjusting to it all?
Mr. WOODS: No, I--I just feel comfortable hitting
soft draws and fades and...
WINFREY: Yeah.
Mr. WOODS: ...stuff like that.
WINFREY: Stuff like that.
Well, I know we were looking at you on
the tape after winning the Masters.
I--I was watching with Stedman.
We were sitting on the sofa, and I was crying
and I go, `We have to stand up.
He deserves a standing ovation.'
That was a--pretty emotional for you,
because you recognized in that
moment what you had done.
Mr. WOODS: Yeah, when I--I'd made the putt,
I walked over to the side of the green,
and Bones, which was Phil Mickelson's caddy,
was there, and he said `Congratulations,'
and I said--said `Thanks.'
I was just--had--had a moment there,
and all of a sudden I realized
I had no more shots to play.
I was done, and I had somehow come out on top.
And it just hit me, and I started--
started losing it.
But I--I said I have to get it
back together, because, you know,
Phil's putting now, and I have to
shake his hand.
I don't want to be sobbing and...
WINFREY: Yeah.
Mr. WOODS: ...you know. That's just...
WINFREY: And because you know a camera's on you
at all times wherever, you know...
Mr. WOODS: Well, you know, at that moment,
you--I was so out of it,
I--I just--I said
`Just get it back together.'
WINFREY: Yeah.
Mr. WOODS: `You don't want to be sobbing in front
of your opponent like that,' you know.
Just suck it up and...
WINFREY: Phil...
Mr. WOODS: Exactly. Just...
WINFREY: Yeah. Yeah.
Mr. WOODS: ...not the right thing to do.
WINFREY: So what is it, you know,
watching you, you seem to be so focused and coo--
literally cool under pressure.
What are you telling yourself?
Mr. WOODS: I enjoy it.
WINFREY: Yeah. You do enjoy it.
Mr. WOODS: I enjoy--I enjoy competing.
I enjoy coming down a stretch with a chance to win.
I mean, that's--that's what I practice for.
That's why I play.
I love feeling the rush of adrenaline.
I love feeling nervous flicks,
like your eyeballs are beating, and...
WINFREY: Uh-huh.
Mr. WOODS: ...I mean, you feel nervous.
I mean, I--I'm no different than anybody else, but I...
WINFREY: You feel nervous, but you don't look it.
Mr. WOODS: I may not look it, but on the inside
I--sometimes I'm dying.
But I--I absolutely love the feeling, though.
WINFREY: You'd do great with the deodorant ad,
because whatever deodorant you're using, it's working.
Really.
Mr. WOODS: Oh, my, my, my.
WINFREY: You say in this book, which--
thank you for signing it for Stedman. Thank you so much.
You say in this book--and I got mine for free.
Yes, I did.
You say in this book that golf is a--
what do you say, that it's a great mirror,
often revealing things about you that you didn't
even know.
What has been revealed to yourself?
Mr. WOODS: A lot. I mean, an awful lot. I did...
WINFREY: You get to know who you are.
Mr. WOODS: You really do because you're
alone a lot of times on a golf course,
and the way I like to practice,
I like to be by myself late
in the evenings, just kind of an introspective practice
where I--I'm just out there
by myself trying things.
But then again, I--I...
WINFREY: You're still trying things.
Mr. WOODS: Always.
But I--I'm a--I love being by myself
and enjoy that--that moment of it.
WINFREY: You know, I was going through the book,
and there are chapters like Driving Without Distraction,
Foundation for Power,
Thinking Open and Wide--it seems to be
like in many ways a metaphor for living.
And is it that way for you, golf?
Mr. WOODS: Well, I think golf is a microcosm
of life, you know, there...
WINFREY: Yeah? In what way?
Mr. WOODS: You learn so many different things,
like I've learned discipline, integrity, sportsmanship.
I've learned all these things, all these different
disciplines through the game of golf,
and I've applied them in my life, and I've--
I've used them on a daily basis throughout my life.
WINFREY: Well, you know, in Time magazine--
what--no, OK, you know, I remember I was on Time magazine once.
It was like unbelievable, but I was 44. It's like Time--
there you are on the cover of Time, and then you're
on the cover of Newsweek, and you're just 25.
Doesn't something in your brain goes
`Ah, I'm on the cover of time.'
Really? Not--not a bit.
Mr. WOODS: No.
WINFREY: Not a bit?
Mr. WOODS: No. I--I told you,
I--I don't--I don't really feel comfortable with it.
WINFREY: Really.
Mr. WOODS: I--I think--I...
WINFREY: But did you at least go buy 10 copies?
Mr. WOODS: No. That's Mom.
My mom does that.
WINFREY: Your mom does that. OK. Yeah.
Mr. WOODS: No, I--I thought it was cool when
I first appeared on SI cover.
WINFREY: Really.
Mr. WOODS: That's what every dude wants to do.
WINFREY: Yeah. Yeah. That's cool, too.
That's cool, too.
But Time is all over the world, and Newsweek.
In Time magazine we read that Tiger makes
his bed every day, even when he stays
in hotels, and he irons shirts that have already been
pressed by the dry cleaners.
Tiger Woods is a neat freak.
That's what Time says.
Is that true?
Mr. WOODS: Anal.
WINFREY: Anal.
Mr. WOODS: Anal.
WINFREY: You're anal.
Mr. WOODS: Definitely. Yeah.
WINFREY: You are.
Mr. WOODS: I am.
WINFREY: Where did that come from?
Mr. WOODS: I don't know.
I've--I--maybe it's because I was always made to do it.
My mom always--`Clean your bed, clean your room,
blah, blah, blah,'
and then it just become part of what I did and who I am.
I can't stand having a mess.
I mean, it just drives me nuts.
WINFREY: Really. So even in a hotel,
you're like one of those people, they're pulling
up the bed and making sure when the
maid comes in it looks presentable.
Mr. WOODS: Uh-huh. I do, every time.
WINFREY: Yeah. Anal.