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Put your self in the guys shoes - can you imagine what its like to be in under the microscope of thpusands of press and fans on race day. Then add the race day pressure cooker.
Listen to the Pulp Mx post race interviews and Pulp MX Show guest appearances - Mathis freakin bust's RV balls! Ryan plays ball with Matthes and has fun with the theme of the show. He does a great job not taking himself too serious and being lighthearted in the process.
RV personality on average is Monotone.
I think bottom line is... his priority is wining championships.
So while I agree with these top level athletes that we will never know what it's like to walk a mile in their shoes, they need to understand that they will never know what it's like to walk a lifetime in our shoes. They will never understand working 50+ hours a week in a cube. Ryan will never truly understand what it's like to struggle to make ends meet and monitor every penny spent so that the lights stay on. He will never understand that real burnout is 40 years in the work force where there is no entourage or fans. I will never own a Ferrari, nor will I ever have the ability to see the world like Ryan will get to. I will never get to retire with so much of my life left to live in such a huge house with a great piece of land.
I consider myself very blessed and I love the life that I live, but I get really tired of hearing these guys talk about how we don't understand how hard the grind is. Yes, they work incredibly hard for 10 - 15 years. But they'll never know what it's like to work incredibly hard in a different way for 40+ years pinching pennies all the way.
/rant
The Shop
just makes no sense to say he doesn't know how hard it really is.
imo the great thing about mx is: some are better than others and its not based on
personal opinions or popularity or umpires rulings or team mates.
hes just fcking quicker
Some of you a bit heavy on the Nit Picking.
But...so did Grieby54.
Your opinion about Bower's insights might be a reflection of your self.
Did you really just explain to me why RV is a legend? I'm not new to the sport - 30+ years and counting.
I agree that if he decided to "do it differently" he might not be a legend of the sport.
I agree that the reason he's earned the titles he earned might be because he works harder than anyone else.
Ryan Villopoto made an active choice to do what he's doing.
If he retired tomorrow I would also applaud and thank him for the great times. I'm thrilled to have been able to witness his greatness at several different venues across the country.
I'm glad he volunteered to be a pro motocross rider.
P.S. I don't think Tyler is dumb or a bad guy for what he posted; I just disagree.
I can appreciate RV doing the same thing.
Pit Row
Bottom line is.....if you don't like him , you don't like him. I don't think he gives a flying crap. And when he does decide to hang his boots up....it'll be on his own accord.
Of course, RV made a choice to what he is doing. He could have done it the "average" way and made a decent living or he could have done it the way he needed to do it to be the legend you acknowledged he is with your 30+ years in MX. There is a huge difference and lots of sacrifices between being an average athlete and a elite one.
People don't "volunteer" to be a championship caliber MX/SX rider. that statement right there is disrespectful to what it takes to be not just a pro MX'er but one that will go down as the best the sport has seen. You have to sacrifice a lot of your life to be the best at this sport. Not to mention when you start getting paid you have contractual obligations to be the best. Some people don't take those obligations as serious as others.
Yes, I know it was his choice to race SX and MX. I get what you are saying, Just find it disrespectful to compare it to being "drafted into the military" and implying he didn't have to choose MX/SX.
You are saying, it could always be worse and these guys are living the life they chose. I just have sympathy for someone who made the choice and dedicated himself 100%, no matter what career it is. We all have choices. But you can't be on top in MX and SX and enjoy life like the rest of us. You just can't. Its a lifelong grind, no days off and if you take days off, you just have to make up for them later. If you take days off, you become average. RV is not average.
What Tyler is saying is you can't have it both ways and some people (maybe not you) don't get what it takes to be number 1. They see the money, the gear, the races on the weekend, the fame and just expect the rider to enjoy what they get. They don't see the sacrifices and life long amount of work it took to get there.
All this talk about RV skipping the nationals for a knee injury and all the talk about his surgery last year and missing the MXON, all the heat he is getting and got from those decisions and all that just to take care of himself? The other guy, with 4 SX championships in a row.... Only did SX.
Tyler is merely trying to get people, that may not get it, that being number 1 for so long means sacrifices others don't make and that giving him shit for missing a race or potentially not doing a series or not "acting happy" is lame.
Agreed - he won't be able to live like a total rockstar and never have to work, but he'll certainly get to live a nicer life than I likely ever will all the while not having to work. He's a smart guy, I imagine he'll be able to make his money last.
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