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**V8V8V8** · 12-04-2009, 01:07 AM

liam, your story seems shockingly similar to mine; i wasn't very athletic and it seemed as if all i could do was study. i always loved sports and the competitive aspect of sports. growing up i felt like i had to prove something, to myself if anything. suddenly, i became very athletic in high school and the more i visualized the court and the ball to be a part of me, the better i became. it's funny how when you "become the ball" things become that much easier. hey, i didn't know david talked about kobe, is he a laker fan now that he's in l.a.?

that's fascinating that your story is so similar to mine. it seems that our mentalities change as we get older, you actually allow yourself to "become the ball" as you say. david did talk about kobe but i'm not sure that means he is a laker fan! i think he was talking about home field advantage at the time and about the 'alpha male', in this case sportsmen receiving energy from the home fans. he used kobe bryant as an example of someone who benefitted from this but also mentioned how he didn't know how to react to winning the mvp award- all he could come up with was that he would try and win it again next year.

12-04-2009, 01:07 AM	#37
V8V8V8 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 603 Senior Member	liam, your story seems shockingly similar to mine; i wasn't very athletic and it seemed as if all i could do was study. i always loved sports and the competitive aspect of sports. growing up i felt like i had to prove something, to myself if anything. suddenly, i became very athletic in high school and the more i visualized the court and the ball to be a part of me, the better i became. it's funny how when you "become the ball" things become that much easier. hey, i didn't know david talked about kobe, is he a laker fan now that he's in l.a.? that's fascinating that your story is so similar to mine. it seems that our mentalities change as we get older, you actually allow yourself to "become the ball" as you say. david did talk about kobe but i'm not sure that means he is a laker fan! i think he was talking about home field advantage at the time and about the 'alpha male', in this case sportsmen receiving energy from the home fans. he used kobe bryant as an example of someone who benefitted from this but also mentioned how he didn't know how to react to winning the mvp award- all he could come up with was that he would try and win it again next year.
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