Calling Yourself ‘Humbled’ Doesn’t Sound as Humble as It Used To

Re:Calling Yourself ‘Humbled’ Doesn’t Sound as Humble as It ... by strider12 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @08:52AM (#13481331)

When an athlete says they are humbled, it's the most genuine use -- because to perform at a top level, you have to 'go back to your roots' - the lonely/early/late days that got you there. So they say it simply to remind themselves that the basics that got them there, is not forgotten and has to be implemented everyday.

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Re:Calling Yourself ‘Humbled’ Doesn’t Sound as Humble as It ... by untilHellbanned on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @09:49AM (#13481764)

Also physical performance for most sports is objective and earned, whereas most other scenarios it was a subjective process decided by other humans.

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Re:Calling Yourself ‘Humbled’ Doesn’t Sound as Humble as It ... by rangibaby on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @10:25AM (#13482111)

Until every sport adopts the powerlifting or MMA model where there are drugs and non-drug competitions there is no way of knowing. There's a Lance Armstrong in every sport.

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