As I was browsing around for articles on tonights Bengals/Ravens game I ran across this article and this quote.
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../
"I mean, this isn't a soft sport. We don't play chess. This isn't swimming. This isn't one of those kind of sports. It's football. It takes a man to play this game, and to play this game you have to have passion.''
I had to laugh.
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my extreme psychological (or psychiactric?) fear of winning. Not fear, but not wanting to hurt the other guy's feelings....I use to jog or run, but running a marathon with 35,000 others isn't really competitive, just a struggle not to die and end the darn thing.
It's fine, and even highly desirable, to focus on self-improvement in swimming. But there is nothing wrong with a little aggression at swim meets. Aggression has served me quite well in my marathons as well. It's tough to be competitive if you're worried about hurting feelings. One should, of course, shift into a non-aggressive mode AFTER the race.
At least you don't have to worry about hurting anyone's feelings on that 400 free.
my extreme psychological (or psychiactric?) fear of winning. Not fear, but not wanting to hurt the other guy's feelings....I use to jog or run, but running a marathon with 35,000 others isn't really competitive, just a struggle not to die and end the darn thing.
It's fine, and even highly desirable, to focus on self-improvement in swimming. But there is nothing wrong with a little aggression at swim meets. Aggression has served me quite well in my marathons as well. It's tough to be competitive if you're worried about hurting feelings. One should, of course, shift into a non-aggressive mode AFTER the race.
At least you don't have to worry about hurting anyone's feelings on that 400 free.
