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Message: [QUOTE="donniesyracuse, post: 2667216, member: 101"] I feel no love for Bird and I agree that he has been bad. I think it's lame to allege that an athlete doesn't care, not because it hurts somebody's feelings, but because it is just a moronic take. There are different mental approaches. Paul O'Neill reportedly wallowed in his failures. He used it to motivate himself, which worked for him. Others, like Derek Jeter, tried to maintain perspective and a positive attitude. They remind themselves that tomorrow is another day. When Bird talked about having many future opportunities to redeem himself, I believe that was the perspective he was taking. Gorillas in the Yankee fan universe interpret that as him not caring. [/QUOTE]