re: How do you feel about players talking about wanting personal records and awards?

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manning has a public face that he puts on without a doubt

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i've seen Manning get after his teammates...there are a couple of great youtube videos of it. but i also don't think he tries to cover that either. I just don't see him as fake. I also don't think, my opinion of course, that he cares about records more than he does winning. i think he'd trade several of those records for a couple of more rings. Believe it or not I think Lebron has become that way as well. I just don't think cockiness/confidence and humility have to be mutually exclusive.

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fellow saints fans will get mad at me here but brees kind of comes off like a douche often

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agreed. i'm not a saints fan, but brees comes off as a huge douche sometimes


I like athletes who are "real" on and off the field. humility and all that has its place, but it isn't as fun to watch.

should MJ have been more humble and less cocky? frick no, that's not who he is. he's the GOAT and he knows it.