I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped.
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I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.
No other athlete in any sport has ever had to go through what I have to.
When you are an athlete, it's difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you and attacking you.
But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
A lot of times in sport if you try to tell the truth it seems like an excuse.
The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could've done that better.
I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.
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.
As an athlete, you'd better laugh at yourself when you slip in the mud.
Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?
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