he blew off the president of the united states and rachel robinson, the widow of the most important athlete made no apologies. he didn't have to. he was tiger. no reaction other than that's interesting? >> it's just very interesting. very interesting, too, because one is the president asked me to come to mr. robinson's ceremony up in new york. it was the day i won the masters, and he said it was so important i should be there. i was just wondering if it was so important why didn't he ask me before instead of jumping on the bandwagon right when i won. that really bothered me. >> larry: did he call you personally? >> he did. i've always honored jackie robinson and know all about him, and i figured, you know what? i would rather -- i'm more of a private person and would celebrate his occasion within my heart. that was it. >> larry: how does a 22-year-old say no to the president of the united states? >> that's just me. it's not that i'm saying no to the president of the united states. i'm saying no to the way he approached it. >> larry: did you tell him the reason? did you say why didn't you ca