Garry Owen
Chris McKivat (8)
I think all of us sport followers need to take a reality check. For us watching, we love the competition, maybe imagining that they are all drug free, and it is purely genetics (and training), mano-e-mano.
In reality, for the competitors it's a living. At the end of the day, they need to take home their salary, pay the mortgage, the bills on the fridge, kiss their wife and kids, and sleep well. And on game day, if they don't come up to the grade, their value, and soon their pay/endorsements, go down with it.
Put yourself in their shoes for a moment. Look into your kids eyes and then tell me what you'd do?
In reality, for the competitors it's a living. At the end of the day, they need to take home their salary, pay the mortgage, the bills on the fridge, kiss their wife and kids, and sleep well. And on game day, if they don't come up to the grade, their value, and soon their pay/endorsements, go down with it.
Put yourself in their shoes for a moment. Look into your kids eyes and then tell me what you'd do?