You do understand that you would be a Texan, right? That’s gotta be right up there with cancer.
But the goal is not to be an honest loser but to be an honest winner. How good do you reckon it must feel to be a Tour de France winner who did not take drugs? That would be the reward, winning knowing you played by the rules.
No I would not want testicular cancer.
Of course the best option is being an honest winner. Then, the question is, is it better to be the nice guy finishing last or the cheater who wins. I really don’t think being the nice guy who finishes last is such a great life - even though that’s the option I would choose.
The first time he set someone else up to take the fall for him (a test came back dirty - the solution? Forge a post-dated prescription for a drug which could have caused the test result), he lost all semblance of human integrity.
He reminded me of Nixon throwing people to the wolves.
What about being an honest guy who finishes in the pack? I suppose the fact you are competing in a sport in the first place means you are a competitive person but in terms of a life philosophy it is pretty straight forward being successful on your own terms (meeting personal life goals) while maintaining integrity.
It depends on the financial rewards to me. I guess there is some ratio of effort to reward you could come up with; kind of like how I always treated GPA’s. If I get a 4.0 but its only going to slightly enhance my odds of getting a good job I would just aim for the the next cutoff 3.5 or whatever and not waste too much effort on doing better than that.
For the record I would always be the honest guy, no matter what. I think the thing that I take issue with is people thinking there is some sort of reward or benefit or inner peace that inherently comes with that. I don’t think there is, and I am this way(honest) because it is just how I am. I am this way despite maybe not living as good, happy, fulfilling or financially rewarding a life as others who have a different path. I am this way despite the limitations it can have not because it is a rewarding existence, and I don’t feel I am necessarily any better or worse than others who are always not so straight and narrow.
Hell no!
He was an asshole to begin with.
Now he’s a pathetic asshole.
He was a sociopath on a bicycle, we got off lucky:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O9YL04v-J5U
I like how the poll results look just like someone is giving me the middle finger.
I like Lance Armstrong and don’t care about the doping, lying, cheating, etc. He has helped a lot of people with cancer and even records personal messages for them.
I’d never want to be him though. I don’t want cancer, to be hypercompetitive, or to have to hear random strangers bitch their idiotic opinions of my personal choices at me everywhere I go.
No! He’s a narcissistic asshole who craves competition & limelight. Remember when he came back & he had to wear his own helmet & socks? Even from the helicopter shots you could definitively pick him out of the peloton. Not being able to compete at all & being a pariah is probably eating him up more than the money is worth.*
- At least I hope so.
‘Our roided up guy beat your roided up guy’ is a fair cop, but his behavior off the bike is the deal breaker. He’s right that bike racer was not the worst thing Lance could have done.