Naomi
@afrochicks
interesting to see the discourse around naomi osaka’s post match interview most great athletes hate losing more than they love winning the emptiness and sadness i felt after an underperformance in sports was visceral especially as an individual athlete not in a team sport i think that its because the loss is so measurable like you’re literally a loser🤣 it’s so visible and public too if you mess up at work it’s between you and your boss maybe colleagues too but to lose when the world is watching, when your family and friends are cheering for you and maybe even travelled and bought tickets to support you just sucks brain replaying every mistake you made non stop but she’ll be fine and bounce back it’s just part of sport https://x.com/espnw/status/1941175577806848234?s=46
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Dan [not Romero]
@danxv
one thing about losing is that it makes you want to even win more the next time you got the opportunity you can’t compare the drive between a defending champion and it’s opponent wanting that title so bad
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Naomi
@afrochicks
very true!!
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