Originally Posted by HammerTheHill
I think any athlete is going to overbearing and egotistical. They have to think they are the best so they will be the best. Its just the mentality of an athlete. Any athlete is going to be that way, from baseball (barry bonds) to football (ray lewis) to tennis (andy roddick) to golf (tiger woods)...all of those guys are the VERY best at what they do and some would see them as a-holes
Being an A-hole has nothing to do with athletic ability... Look at a guy like Cal Ripken... he would stay, literally, for hours after a game to sign autographs for fans... He knew what most athletes don't... without fans, they would have no jobs playing sports.
Lance does come across as a bit egotistical, but then if you won 5 TdF's... wouldn;t you ? Just a bit ?
But I imagine he has had that same attitude his entire life. Or at least that is what I got out of reding "It's not about the Bike".
Jeff