Why would a World Champion ..............

Back to the question in the original post ... (not that I'm especially avoiding the previous mails, just I want to comment on the original thread line.)
From my reading of the autobiographies of Doohan and Rainey and from a mate's commentary on Schwantz's screwing with Kocinski's head via "the girlfriend bet" and Rossi putting the "he will never win another race" hex on Gibernau ... these guys engage in a lot of competitive psychology, and sometimes it is slick and sometimes it is crass. I guess whether it appears crass to us grandstand fillers doesn't matter too much, the question they would be interested in if they've got their heads in the right place is "will it turn the right screws in the heads of their competitors?".
So, reading Hayden's head from afar is no easy task ... is he trying to convince himself, or us, or is it his attempt to mess with his competitors' heads, and if so, is it going to work?
Cheers
Rob

I say its nothing but a ... at the naysayers who insisted he didnt belong.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Racejumkie @ Mar 21 2007, 12:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I had the same thing happen to me. Then I took a trip to France, Italy, and the UK. Everybody treated me with courtesy and respect. I wondered where were all the "arrogant" French and "stuffy" Brits and " chauvinist " Italians? I didn't find any. Then it occurred to me. Europe is really not that different in essence than the US. We both have nice people for the most part, it’s the few prejudiced that perpetrate this idea that we are to dislike and distrust eachother. But I have nothing but love for the Euros and Brits. (Except Scotts, that’s a different thing).


You have a special love built on respect of the superior knowledge of the Scots, that right Jumkie?
Pete