(March 12, 2015 at 12:01 am)Napoléon Wrote: He's not exactly wrong. Mayweather is afraid and has been for five years. Afraid of losing. Not necessarily Manny. That Manny poses his biggest threat in his entire career is what has made him make the fight as difficult as possible to put on.
I'm more inclined to agree with that opinion.
It's probably not a coincidence that Floyd himself, in a Press Conference last week, said, "One thing I do know about any sport: When you lose, it’s in your mind. If you lost once, it’s in your mind. If you lost twice, it’s in your mind. From day one, I was always taught to be a winner no matter what."
He's a business person, so maybe what especially magnifies his fear of losing is that the idea of losing and money are two things that are strongly linked in his mind. Together it creates a bias known as loss aversion, which suggests that losses have a significantly greater psychological impact than gains of an equal value.
I think this is a common psychological state of many other athletes. They are more fearful of losing than they are motivated to win. As Lance Armstrong also said, "I like to win, but more than anything, I can’t stand this idea of losing. Because to me, losing means death."
(March 11, 2015 at 9:52 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Saw Manny on First Take this morning. He said "god has brought Floyd to me and will deliver him unto me."
Stephen A. Smith was turning the interview into a circus, as usual.
Now I have to root for Floyd.
Apparently Floyd is a God-believer, too (or so he claims).
Quote:On Mayweather’s Instagram he said this to his friend pop star Justin Bieber:
“@JustinBieber Welcome to the Jet Club! Yes, I got a 14 passenger jet. Got to give them another reason to hate, but I will motivate the people that are ambitious and want to be winners in life. I am guilty! I’m materialistic & I’m motivated by money…but GOD is first in my life. GOD will not give you anything you can’t handle. That’s why GOD gave me the best hands in the business to pray with, box with and count money with. #AirMayweather."
http://www.boxingnews24.com/2014/12/mayw...n-my-life/
