The greener the opponent, the less athletic and committed, the less it takes to break them.
The more seasoned and hardened, the more you have to punish- sap wind, drain will, inflict pain, scatter brain.
World class veterans fall when they can't take anymore, to boil it down.
The more seasoned and hardened, the more you have to punish- sap wind, drain will, inflict pain, scatter brain.
World class veterans fall when they can't take anymore, to boil it down.
For four years I've watched this centuries old grand experiment and its venerable institutions sustain hellacious body blows. Truly spectacular punishment.
The corruption, the nepotism, the dismissal of norms, stability and decency.
The corruption, the nepotism, the dismissal of norms, stability and decency.
We've endured.
Barely.
And we're the toughest thing going.
Thank god.
But if you can't *see* the winces of pain, the shuddering, the slowing down of a great power as its body betrays it and it sustains a pummeling?
May you be right, may I be wrong.
America needs the bell.
Barely.
And we're the toughest thing going.
Thank god.
But if you can't *see* the winces of pain, the shuddering, the slowing down of a great power as its body betrays it and it sustains a pummeling?
May you be right, may I be wrong.
America needs the bell.
These metaphors are inelegant, but it's a language I speak. I'm fluent in exhaustion and pain. I hear it everywhere.
Proud of everyone out there who just won't stop. Sometimes the toughest thing is to keep caring.
Proud of everyone out there who just won't stop. Sometimes the toughest thing is to keep caring.