For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man's world of sport, there is something visceral to beating another man.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.
When money comes into play then that's all it's about wanting money, who's making the most who can get the most, me, me me... and in the end it screws up the person and the sport.
Lets be honest: I'm an athlete, not an entertainer as much. So as an athlete, I am a guy who likes the physical confrontation of the football field. I like playing nose-guard; I like having two 350 pound guys trying to rip my head off.
There's more to the sport than just fighting, and you either understand that, or you don't. And if you don't, then I promise you the guys that are worth money don't want to fight you, because you don't get it.
When you have beaten guys a few times, you don't want them to think they know how you are going to play them. You have to try and find different ways of beating them. You have to do things they don't expect sometimes, put something unpredictable into your game.
We all understand that this isn't about me beating you and you beating me. It's about each individual competing against himself.
I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him.
Why should sports men and women get punished harsher than people in the normal world?
Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat.
A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like chess.