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I’m beginning to get tired of athletes using cliches in postgame interviews over and over again. That’s why I watch the NFL. Heck, I don’t even watch the NFL, I just watch the pregame and postgame interviews. These guys don’t back down from anyone. When cocky players with the talent to back up the talk start using the microphone to advertise a certain matchup, it gets the crowd interested. I love listening to these guys say what is actually on their mind. Whatever happened to bold claims? Calling out a fellow athlete? Doing a little trash talking? All right, fine, classy athletes can be interesting, too, but can you at least answer our questions? Let’s analyze the differences, and offer explanations for the winning and losing locker rooms following a sporting contest.
In the winner’s circle:
Can you comment on what the difference was tonight? What gave you guys the edge?
Well we really brought our A game. Fought hard all the way. It might have been a different story if we gave up late in the game. But we pulled this out as a team. Everyone had a part in the win. When the entire team contributes to a win, it just feels so much better.
Translation: It’s obvious we are just a better team; even a blind man could see that. After halftime we threw the cruise control on because they weren’t even close. Heck, we were beating them so bad our subs even got a chance to show their stuff against these chumps.
Where do you guys go from here, and how does this win fit into the season?
Well tonight proved to be a good game. We are just trying to take this one game at a time, period by period, play by play. If you get ahead of yourself you can lose focus and start losing close games. We definitely built some momentum tonight that we will try to keep rolling next game, and push ourselves to the next level.
Translation: Since you asked that question, I’ll assume you haven’t checked the standings lately. We are in first place, and what first place teams do is pound on other teams. We win, you lose, simple as that. But to answer your question, from here we keep winning. As far as this season goes, it’s just another team we put in their place.
Will the team be able to rebound from a devastating loss like this?
We will have a couple of days off-that will allow us to clear our heads. It’s important that we come back with a clean slate. We can’t think about the loss tonight anymore. It has to be put behind us. Otherwise we could end up killing ourselves because we were hung up on this loss.
Translation: Let me break this down for you. If we play well, we win. If we play poorly, we lose. So next game, if we play poorly, we will lose. But if we play well, we will win. No one really cares about tonight; one loss in a season doesn’t matter.
My point is that behind all these cliches, athletes are hiding true emotions, and they should let them out.
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