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MODESTY!
Avoiding attracting attention to oneself by moderating one's actions or appearance;
Downplaying one's accomplishments (see humility);
Avoiding insincere self-abasement through false or sham modesty, which is a form of boasting.
What has gone wrong with victory celebrations? I just finished watching the World Superbike round from Monza, where Spies ran out of fuel in the last corner, and it prompted me to stop writing the blog I was half finished, and write about what I think is celebration in bad taste.
It happens far to often and in to many sports. I will talk about a few sports that I enjoy to watch, but really get up my nose when I see it happen.
I have been accused of being boring for many years, accused of not enjoying my racing etc etc, but little have the accusers thought about why after an easy win, or a win due to someones machine problems, I haven't celebrated like I just found out the world wasn't actually going to blow up.
I have been asked by many of the "blind" media, why I enjoy beating Ben so much, why I seem to be showing more emotion after beating Ben. I didn't enjoy beating him as a person more than any other I had to fight with, it just so happened we fought on the track many times. It was a slug fest, and winning those slug fests was a great feeling. I had to lift my game over the past three years, I had to work hard, and more times than not, I came out ahead in the race to race combat.
Race 1 Monza: How on earth, can the type of celebration that the silly Ducati team had, even take place if people have any modesty at all. I can't put into words how bad it looks. Somebody has the race won, and in the last corner he has a technical issue, handing the race to what would have been the first loser and the victory celebration starts. Is there any humility left in people these days. It's pathetic. Just a simple shake of hands, with the realisation that you got away with one would have been in much better taste. But that is obviously not in Tardozzi's make up "the greatest superbike rider in the world" so he proclaimed some 20 years ago anyway.
Tennis almost takes the cake for this topic. the players are tapping them over to each other and one guy hits it long or just makes a simple, no pressure mistake, and from the other end of the court, you here the big C'MON or Yes! I about break the TV when it happens. You are cheering that the other person made a mistake, and an unforced error at that. I remember Pete Sampras suffered at the same hands of some media for years. He is boring, he lacks this, he lacks that. One thing he didnt lack were more grand slams than anyone else. Even after winning a grand slam, he never did anything over the top. He waved, he was emotional, he loved it and knew how great his accomplishment was, but most of all, he was humble. He didn't care to rub their faces in it. He rubbed there faces in it for 3 or 4 hours whilst he was killing them on the court. After the match was the time to be humble and respect his opponent for the effort they put in.
Is it truly necessary that we have these huge celebrations? I'm not sure. I am sure of one thing though. People that keep it within themselves, that celebrate modestly, are few and far between these days. If not being boring means I have to jump around like a clown on cocaine at the end of the race, I'm afraid to say folks, I'm no clown.
Avoiding attracting attention to oneself by moderating one's actions or appearance;
Downplaying one's accomplishments (see humility);
Avoiding insincere self-abasement through false or sham modesty, which is a form of boasting.
What has gone wrong with victory celebrations? I just finished watching the World Superbike round from Monza, where Spies ran out of fuel in the last corner, and it prompted me to stop writing the blog I was half finished, and write about what I think is celebration in bad taste.
It happens far to often and in to many sports. I will talk about a few sports that I enjoy to watch, but really get up my nose when I see it happen.
I have been accused of being boring for many years, accused of not enjoying my racing etc etc, but little have the accusers thought about why after an easy win, or a win due to someones machine problems, I haven't celebrated like I just found out the world wasn't actually going to blow up.
I have been asked by many of the "blind" media, why I enjoy beating Ben so much, why I seem to be showing more emotion after beating Ben. I didn't enjoy beating him as a person more than any other I had to fight with, it just so happened we fought on the track many times. It was a slug fest, and winning those slug fests was a great feeling. I had to lift my game over the past three years, I had to work hard, and more times than not, I came out ahead in the race to race combat.
Race 1 Monza: How on earth, can the type of celebration that the silly Ducati team had, even take place if people have any modesty at all. I can't put into words how bad it looks. Somebody has the race won, and in the last corner he has a technical issue, handing the race to what would have been the first loser and the victory celebration starts. Is there any humility left in people these days. It's pathetic. Just a simple shake of hands, with the realisation that you got away with one would have been in much better taste. But that is obviously not in Tardozzi's make up "the greatest superbike rider in the world" so he proclaimed some 20 years ago anyway.
Tennis almost takes the cake for this topic. the players are tapping them over to each other and one guy hits it long or just makes a simple, no pressure mistake, and from the other end of the court, you here the big C'MON or Yes! I about break the TV when it happens. You are cheering that the other person made a mistake, and an unforced error at that. I remember Pete Sampras suffered at the same hands of some media for years. He is boring, he lacks this, he lacks that. One thing he didnt lack were more grand slams than anyone else. Even after winning a grand slam, he never did anything over the top. He waved, he was emotional, he loved it and knew how great his accomplishment was, but most of all, he was humble. He didn't care to rub their faces in it. He rubbed there faces in it for 3 or 4 hours whilst he was killing them on the court. After the match was the time to be humble and respect his opponent for the effort they put in.
Is it truly necessary that we have these huge celebrations? I'm not sure. I am sure of one thing though. People that keep it within themselves, that celebrate modestly, are few and far between these days. If not being boring means I have to jump around like a clown on cocaine at the end of the race, I'm afraid to say folks, I'm no clown.
