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Originally Posted by Miaplacidus
Please bear in mind that you're reading the words of a World Championship Sloth winner here, but I am genuinely interested to know how, or perhaps when, you were filled with what clearly must have been a very strong impulse to dedicate yourself and sacrifice so much for this goal.
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Ever since I saw Bill Bixbi change into Lou Ferrigno in the Incredible Hulk
I saw him lift and tip his car down the slope when he got mad.. and I thought "I wanna be able to do that"....and eventually, I was
Becoming big and strong just became a goal, like wanting to climb a mountain, run fast, swim fast, cross the English Chanell etc etc...humans have a habbit of dreaming and many of us have a real shot at those dreams and a few reslise them, it's that simple to me
doesn't make anyone better or have more worth or relevance than anyone else, it's really just a demonstration of humans doing all the strange and amazing things we do
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Is it a fair question to ask also, how much of your motivation was doing this for your country?
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No this had nothing to do with my initial motivation or influenced my direction, however, once I was wearing the green and gold and even became captain of the Aussie strongman team on three occassions, I was very proud and it was an extra motivator
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(And should I just divide that figure by the population to obtain my own claim to your fame?)
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Oh I dunno, no, just take it for what it is, perhaps a little different and interesting
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I really appreciate the insights. All the best.
Brian.
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I'm glad, only meant to be something a little unusual and as I say hopefully interesting and relevant to some of the discussion in this thread pertaining to the reasons behind some reactions of highly motivated athletes when they don't win
Mike