LAS VEGAS (AP) – Tiger Woods knows well the ups and downs of playing a sport. He also knows a bit about success. Now the golf sensation is ready to lead by example and help the next generation learn what it takes to win. “We felt the youth were getting underserved, especially in the inner cities,” Woods said Saturday. “They weren’t given a chance to make something of themselves, so my father and I decided to do something about it.” After seven “Tiger Jam” benefit concerts that have raised more than $7 million, Woods is getting ready to open the Tiger Woods Learning Center this fall in Anaheim, Calif. The $25 million center will feature an after-school program stressing math, arts, language and science. The 35,000-square-foot facility will include seven classrooms, a computer lab, a multimedia center and a 250-seat auditorium. Woods said he plans to bring in people who have been successful to speak with the children. “We’re gonna try and push them, try to get them to become leaders,” said Woods, who was in Las Vegas on Saturday for “Tiger Jam VIII.” Stevie Wonder headlined the benefit concert at the Mandalay Bay resort, with special guest Counting Crows. Prince, the headliner of last year’s show, also made a special appearance. In an interview before the show, Woods conceded it’s hard to think of himself as a role model, but he knows he has an opportunity to make a difference. He established the Tiger Woods Foundation in 1996. As far as dealing with the pressure of life and golf, Woods said he learned early on from his father to play for himself and to play hard. “You get what you put into it,” Woods said. “You got to work for it.” Woods, who won the Masters last month and failed to make the cut at last week’s Byron Nelson Championship, said he doesn’t let the pressure get to him. “The goal is to obviously go out there and win a golf championship,” Woods said. “A lot of times, in our sport, you don’t succeed very often. There is a lot of failure. It’s part of playing a sport.”
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