When you are competitive it always matters once you step on the track ..
Especially when you are king of the hill and everyone wants to knock you off
.. If you a true fan of Michael's how can you even think that he would step
on the track not intending to give his full effort ??
When what you do is going to be judged not only by your peers, but the world
at large it always matters ...
Conway Hill
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dalton Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: t-and-f: Why is Mike so Afraid?
> I get you and Justin's point, I just happen to disagree with
> you. I could jump on the bash mike bandwagon like the rest of
> you but I wont. For all your speculation I doubt many of you
> would have bet against him had he chosen to run at the WC or
> would have done so during the olympics. The bottom line is that
> when it matter the most, and when it matters the most to him not
> a bunch of stat rats like us,he has run his best.
> D
>
>
> "R.T." wrote:
>
> > Just because at some time in the historical past you
> > set what remains as the world record does NOT mean that
> > you remain the best currently active 200m runner.
> > Big meets don't let you toe the starting line, open
> > your resume and show it, and they just hand you the
> > gold medal.
> > It must be continually earned, over and over again.
> > MJ has not earned 200m laurels at any time in the
> > recent past- the IAAF ranking system which goes as
> > far as 24 months back is a fairly reliable indicator.
> > The closest MJ came was that sub-19.9 in the Sacramento
> > opening round. That should be enough to get him about
> > ranking #5 or #6 worldwide for the year.
> > That reality is what MJ refuses to recognize.
> > He thinks as long as he remains unbeaten and nobody
> > has broken his WR, he remains king of the hill.
> > Well maybe the MJ circa '96 (as found in cherished
> > memories and videotape libraries) remains king of the
> > hill of a certain sort, but certainly not MJ circa
> > '99 or 2000.
> > That he continues to run top quality 400s just serves
> > to confuse things.
> >
> > RT
> >
> > On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:48:25 +0000, you wrote:
> >
> > >Didn't know world records could expire before they were
> > >broken.
> > >D
> > >"learn something new everyday"
> > >
> > >John Molvar wrote:
> > >
> > >> <19.32...nough said>
> > >>
> > >> Not enough said. That was then, this is now. We
> > >> already know Mike was the best in '96. We want
> > >> to know who is the best now.
> > >>
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> --
> Dalton Foster Ph.D.
> Post-Doctoral Research Associate
> Department of Medical Physiology
> Texas A&M University HSC
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>
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>
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