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Elite athletes like Tom Brady and LeBron James possess a 'sick' mental edge that makes them feel like it's them against the world

There's this sort of maniacal that's consistent. I mean, that's LeBron that's like all of these people just like... this maniacal devotion and this Edge and it's always like a little bit of Me versus everyone... it's like, no, nobody believes in me. It's me against the world. And so there's also something just like sick in the mind with these athletes.

An expert opinion based on first-hand observation of high-performance psychology.

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Jon Gruden faking a COVID-19 diagnosis to teach the Raiders a lesson is the ultimate football guy move

Jon Gruden expect the unexpected guys, and he holds a zoom meeting and he has I think it was a special teams coach announces that... coach Gruden is in the hospital. He's dealing with coronavirus and all his players like oh my god... and they're like ha just kidding gotcha... take this seriously. Let's all learn a lesson from this. It was an all-time football guy move.

Subjective opinion on what constitutes a 'football guy move'.
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Bill Belichick might opt out of the 2020 season to sabotage Josh McDaniels and tank for Trevor Lawrence

My big-time stay woke on this is that Bill Belichick, he might opt out if coaches can opt out... he's got so many players on defense that are out, right? If Bill Belichick opts out McDaniels probably takes over, right? They go 4-12. All of a sudden no one wants to sign Josh McDaniels to a head coaching contract next year. He keeps the team together maybe gets Trevor Lawrence.

Belichick did not opt out of the 2020 season, and the Patriots finished 7-9, missing out on Trevor Lawrence.
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The MLB will successfully implement a 'virtual bubble' by banning players from going out to dinner

The MLB is trying to get to a virtual bubble. They have new rules that basically... if you get caught doing these things you can't play anymore. Yep. They actually did that. So, thanks for listening, Rob Manfred.

The MLB did finish its 2020 season successfully outside of a strict physical bubble, though it did have some early outbreaks.

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Usain Bolt being the 'fastest man on the planet' is the most untouchable athletic title in sports

Usain Bolt. He's another one. I mean to me like fastest man on the planet and heavyweight champion of the world. Those are two like Untouchable things... we can sit around and debate, you know is Tom [Brady] the greatest of all time... but when you're like the fastest man on the planet, that's kind of untouchable.

This is a subjective philosophical view on athletic achievements.
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The failure in Game 5 of the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals is what catapulted LeBron James' future success

LeBron, the game he talks about is in 2012, Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals... but he's like it was because of that [Game 5] game and all every... it was the failure that sort of catapulted the success. And so that's another consistent thing you see with the greatest.

LeBron famously had a legendary Game 6 in Boston following that loss and went on to win his first title.
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Alex Guerrero and the TB12 bodywork are essential reasons why Tom Brady has been able to play so long

I've been around Tom a lot the last three or four years and Alex [Guerrero] is a huge part of his daily life... I do think it's a big part... the statistics show that well guys don't keep playing this no matter how talented they are. I mean Tom's not the most talented guy and he'll be the first to say it. So there have been many more talented guys have not played as long as he has.

Brady played until age 45 at an elite level, crediting these methods.

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