“He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.”
Posted in Hype! on 12/05/2009 10:24 am by AyshThis Chinese proverb reminds me of Tiger Woods’ scandal and his now dog image being portrayed.
According to ABC, neighbors of Tiger Woods shared that before the accident, they heard Tiger’s wife, Elin screaming, “You are nothing but a dog!” Ironically, Tiger immediately ran into a fire hydrant.
He’s now gone from the tiger to the dog.
Does Tiger have pets? He just had to lift his leg, not run into the fire hydrant to take a drunken leak. Ha!
Seriously, these are things that happen in life every day, and they have nothing to do with golf. The other “dogs” in the sports scene get away with the dog image yet Tiger’s in the dog house. There was a time when many fans, probably Tiger himself, thought he was beyond reproach. We often forget that celebrities, and in this case athletes, are people, too, and they make mistakes… they are human.
His role model image has taken a beating and apologizing on his Web site for unspecified “transgressions” is not going to redeem his image.
The golfer said he had let his family down and offered fans an apology. He also seemed to acknowledge his status as a much-admired superstar. “I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves,” Woods’ statement said. “I am not without faults, and I am far short of perfect.”
Everyone is asking, “What is he hiding?” but he’s already caught so he probably just fears his current draping into the scandal.
This just goes to show us that even the most confident looking people have insecurities too and nothing is truly what it seems.
Maybe Tiger should change his name to Cheetah!
Chatatya lataa… Ayshah
12/07/2009 at 5:41 pm
Although I don’t condone his actions, I ask: “he who is without fault cast the first stone”. Think about this; Tiger was groomed to be who we all know him as “the best golfer to ever play the sport and the most highly paid athlete in history (career earnings of 1 billion!!!). He came from a very loving family, but I’m reminded of another child super-star who was also groomed to be what his father wanted him to be, Michael Jackson. Nobody knows what it’s like to live under those conditions. To be the best and what your father wants you to be at..to work every day as hard as you can and to be perfect at your profession. Maybe the most import lessons are missed, in the daily routine of creating a child super star… the lessons of life. How to be a good husband or good father. We as dads want the best for our children….For our children to have more than we ever had or ever possibly dreamed of. Well, the price of fame is not without cost. No one is perfect, life lived without mistakes is a life lived without choices… we all make choices… our lives our series of choices… it’s what you do with the choices you’ve made. Would the world even know what happened if he wasn’t the billion dollar golfer? He’d just be some guy who cheated on his wife…
12/29/2009 at 5:54 am
It bothers me that this has affected his golfing career. Since his Personal and Professional life are completely separate. The man may be a lousy cheating husband. However, He is still an AMAZING golfer.