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Post by Surly on Oct 12, 2022 22:55:10 GMT
Shaq was constantly criticized and teased about his free throw shooting. Even today you find dozens of memes and YouTube videos about it.
But what did he do? He constantly worked to get better at it (even though he never did). He even made fun of himself about it and always took responsibility for his own failure at it.
Not once did he complain that fans or the media was being too hard on him. Not once did he assert that he was being bullied or emotionally abused. Not once did he sit out games over it and demand to still get paid for them. Not once did he demand to be traded “to a city that’s going to be nicer (to him) about his free throw shooting”.
I just can’t feel that sorry for Big Ben. And I don’t think I ever will.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 12, 2022 23:04:32 GMT
4:20 mark - I actually felt for him here.... Ben was asked to lift weights.... I mean - he's got a point, no?  What are you going to ask Mike Tyson to work on his uppercut? |
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Oct 13, 2022 1:19:59 GMT
Probably any modern great who grows up in a country where a sport has the status of almost religion. While I agree that LeBron has the pettiest detractors of any athlete I can remember but is he really under more pressure and scrutiny when be walks onto the court than Lionel Messi or Virat Kohli are now, or Diego Maradona or Imran Khan in their primes in the 1980s?
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 13, 2022 2:34:46 GMT
Winning the last fight of his career handily -
He was unfairly and mercilessly booed by his ungrateful home country
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 13, 2022 3:06:30 GMT
That depends on what you mean by scrutinized?? I know she had been very scrutinized at one time, not necessary for her skill
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 13, 2022 8:25:01 GMT
That depends on what you mean by scrutinized?? I know she had been very scrutinized at one time, not necessary for her skill
She's actually been criticized by haters quite a lot recently - For get this - Retiring early and wanting to concentrate on her family /anna-kournikova-fa6b0c69e6bd42958027a894e90a6f6a.jpg)
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Post by Carl LaFong on Oct 13, 2022 9:23:38 GMT
Lance Armstrong?
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 13, 2022 12:08:50 GMT
Pete Rose, but had he retired after his playing career, nope.
Shoeless Joe.
Sammy Sosa
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Post by Surly on Oct 13, 2022 14:39:46 GMT
4:20 mark - I actually felt for him here.... Ben was asked to lift weights....I mean - he's got a point, no? What are you going to ask Mike Tyson to work on his uppercut? And the Answer was asked to show up for practice… Did he sit out a season and demand to get paid for it? Did he claim mental abuse? Did he demand to get traded? No! Instead he just did this… And thank goodness he did! Now we’re blessed with one of the greatest sports meme moments of all time!
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Post by Surly on Oct 13, 2022 14:50:19 GMT
That depends on what you mean by scrutinized?? I know she had been very scrutinized at one time, not necessary for her skill
Back when she was playing she got a lot of grief and scrutiny because she had a modeling career at the same time she was playing tennis. So people (and even occasionally the media) tried to make it seem like she was making a mockery of both of her careers because she wasn’t fully committed to one or the other. Imagine that!
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 13, 2022 14:57:40 GMT
4:20 mark - I actually felt for him here.... Ben was asked to lift weights....I mean - he's got a point, no? What are you going to ask Mike Tyson to work on his uppercut? And the Answer was asked to show up for practice… Did he sit out a season and demand to get paid for it? Did he claim mental abuse? Did he demand to get traded? No! Instead he just did this… And thank goodness he did! Now we’re blessed with one of the greatest sports meme moments of all time! A.I. is my favorite player in any sport But these are different times I just don't think people today understand 'Todays' athlete ......hence the criticism on young Benjamin
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 13, 2022 15:39:21 GMT
We all know how scrutinized A-Rod was in NY as a Yankees. Do people outside of NY knew the scrutiny Patrick Ewing had to endured during his Knicks year? The expectation was very high for him to bring Knicks a championship. Unfortunately, his career paralleled that of Michael Jordan and a multitude of the superstars in the 90s, may be more talents than any other time. He was unfairly over-criticized for not able to deliver. The Knicks management was the ones who failed him.  |
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 13, 2022 15:50:43 GMT
We all know how scrutinized A-Rod was in NY as a Yankees. Do people outside of NY knew the scrutiny Patrick Ewing had to endured during his Knicks year? The expectation was very high for him to bring Knicks a championship. Unfortunately, his career paralleled that of Michael Jordan and a multitude of the superstars in the 90s, may be more talents than any other time. He was unfairly over-criticized for not able to deliver. The Knicks management was the ones who failed him. Yankees fan, no? What about 'Fat Toad'? Poor guy committed suicide 
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 13, 2022 15:57:05 GMT
We all know how scrutinized A-Rod was in NY as a Yankees. Do people outside of NY knew the scrutiny Patrick Ewing had to endured during his Knicks year? The expectation was very high for him to bring Knicks a championship. Unfortunately, his career paralleled that of Michael Jordan and a multitude of the superstars in the 90s, may be more talents than any other time. He was unfairly over-criticized for not able to deliver. The Knicks management was the ones who failed him. Yankees fan, no? What about 'Fat Toad'? Poor guy committed suicide After the first few games when all realized he was just an ordinary pitcher, nobody paid much attention about him. The Boss was just disappointed that he was not the Japanese Nolan Ryan. People may have forgotten that he had a great run in the 1998 season before the All-Star game. He could have been the All-Star starter if he did not bomb so badly the few starts leading up to the game.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 13, 2022 15:59:36 GMT
Quite the list of athletes here
What a sad state our society is in
Haters
People who concentrate on others with negative energy as opposed to focusing on themselves
Tisk Tisk
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Post by sdm3 on Oct 13, 2022 16:10:44 GMT
Justin Fields is getting up there, too. Kid gets crucified every week. He's a second-year QB with nothing around him. NFL fans need to show a little more patience.  |
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 13, 2022 18:15:31 GMT
Yes. Just Fields is taking a lot of flack 
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