I am not someone who deserves to be dissected and analyzed like some tragic example of everything that can possibly go wrong for a professional athlete.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are times when a sports figure doesn't deserve sympathy.
In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don't turn me into a tragic heroine.
We judge athletes as if we all don't have trouble performing our various duties from time to time.
I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.
I'm not the perfect model of what an athlete should be, mentally or physically.
It's extremely hard for athletes to accept what's happened to them sometimes. It's hard to be beaten by a small margin, and I've spoken with athletes who, for years afterward, have been tormented by the knowledge that, had they done something ever so slightly different, they could have been one-ten-thousandth of a second quicker.
No other athlete in any sport has ever had to go through what I have to.
I'm not an athlete, I'm a baseball player.
I'm not the best athlete.
You don't have to try to hurt people and be angry to be an athlete.
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