NO ONE TELLS TIGER WOODS WHAT TO DO

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EXCERPT FROM JOHN FEINSTEIN BOOK ABOUT TIGER WOODS

One thing I learned that night (during a four-hour, one-to-one conversation) was that Tiger made almost all his own calls - for good and bad. In fact, looking back at how he has behaved since the accident that changed his image and his life forever, that night is instructional. 

People - including me - have said that he should fire everyone around him, and he probably should if only because new people might - might - be more willing to tell him when he's making a mistake. 

But in the end I'm not sure it would matter. No one tells Tiger Woods what to do.

We also talked at length about the things I'd written about his father. I told him why I'd made the comparison to Stefano Capriati (father of young female tennis player).

"I really don't think your dad is different from any other pushy, grab-the-bucks father," I said, "except for one thing: You're his son. So, I give him some credit for your genes because you're smart enough and tough enough to deal with everything he's pushed on you and still be a great player. 

"Most kids aren't (made) that way. I think you've succeeded in spite of your father, not because of your father."

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