( CNN ) -- Tiger Woods said Sunday that he is focused on `` living a life of amends '' after `` living the life of a lie '' in one of his first interviews since a November car crash outside his home unleashed a media frenzy amid rumors of extramarital affairs . The brief , five-minute interview on ESPN was one of two the professional golfer granted Sunday afternoon at the Isleworth golf club near his home outside Orlando , Florida . The Golf Channel simultaneously aired its similarly brief interview with Woods on Sunday night . Woods credited inpatient and outpatient therapy for helping him start the process toward making amends . `` It was tough , '' he told ESPN 's Tom Rinaldi of the therapy . `` To look at yourself in a light that you never want to look at yourself , that 's pretty brutal . ... I saw a person that I never thought I would ever become . '' Woods said two of his lowest points in the past four months came when he had to tell his wife , Elin Woods , and his mother about his affairs . `` Those are the two people in my life who I 'm closest to , and to say the things that I 've done , truthfully to them , is ... honestly ... was ... very painful , '' he said . Woods told The Golf Channel 's Kelly Tilghman that his mentor and father , the late Earl Woods , `` would be very disappointed in me . '' `` I wish I could have had his guidance through all of this , '' he told Tilghman . `` Have him help straighten me up . I know he would have done it . '' Despite the open nature of the interviews -- both Rinaldi and Tilghman were n't restricted on the questions they could ask -- the notoriously private Woods declined to go into detail about the night of the November car crash , telling Rinaldi that `` it 's all on the police report . '' `` Beyond that , everything is between Elin and myself , and that 's private , '' Woods said . He also declined to specify what treatment he has been seeking , but did say it will continue despite his announcement last week that he will return to golf at the Masters next month . `` I 'm excited to get back and play , '' he told Rinaldi . `` I 'm excited to get to see the guys again . ... I miss competing . But still , I still have a lot more treatment to do , and just because I 'm playing , does n't mean I 'm gon na stop going to treatment . '' When asked about what reaction he expects from the fans , Woods said : `` I do n't know . I 'm a little nervous about that to be honest with you . ... It would be nice to hear a couple claps here and there . But I also hope they clap for birdies , too . '' In closing her interview , Tilghman asked Woods about a bracelet he was wearing . `` It 's Buddhist , '' he said . `` It 's for protection and strength . And I certainly need that . ''
Telling wife , mother about his affairs were low points , Woods tells ESPN . `` To say the things that I 've done , truthfully to them , is ... very painful , '' Woods says . Woods gives interviews to ESPN , The Gold Channel near his Florida home . Woods says therapy will continue , but declines to say what type he 's received .