More fun with BODE

Thank god. That is all I have to say. Someone is finally honest. They aren't reading from some prepared Public Relations bullshit script. They aren't doing what they have to do to make everyone stay artificially happy.

Thank you Bode. Thank you.

"It is other people who want me to win medals."

"Fame is almost a poison. I couldn't care less, in fact I lived better when I was a nobody."

"Some people say I make mistakes, I just say that in fact this is the secret of enjoying life. I hate monotony. Why don't they leave me freedom of choice? People want to impose choices which aren't necessarily mine. That's the mistake people make."

"Sport is born clean and it would stay that way if it was the athletes who ran it for the pleasure of taking part, but then the fans and the media intervene and finish up by corrupting it with the pressure that they exercise."

"From this inhuman pressure doping is born because the athlete feels the imperative of having to be number one. I believe instead that sport should be a private pressure, a challenge for yourself."

This goes for life as well. You are nothing until you make more cash, don't have debt, live in a big house, drive a cool car, wear the right clothes, have a big television, etc.

You look around and see what inanimate objects you don't possess and let that fuel your desires...instead of tuning into your soul and seeing what is really important.

This is why people have mid-life breakdowns. They ran down easy road instead of the right road and when they got to the end, they realized there was something missing.

I am by no means perfect. I get sucked into these pressures from time to time. I think most people get pulled there at one time or another.

The goal is to not let it blind you so much that you forget what it is that you are all about. And chances are, it is not being a yuppie that has all the shimmering objects that capitalism tries to convince you are necessary.

posted by HOOTEE @ 4:21 PM