The Irrational Confidence of athletes appreciation thread

[NYC Rebel]

First and foremost, Im not bothered by it and feel its weird for an athlete to not be a bit delusional about their skills. What makes it hilarious is how they feel they still have it after theyve retired. Case in point….. Paul Pierce.





Another entry would be Freddie Mitchell. that dude’s irrational confidence meter was off the Richter scale.

 

[RedBull]

KG


Dudes be having that Katt Williams “I can run a 4.1-4.2 right now”, confidence.

Sound like them old heads from the park when watching tournaments, and shooting Larry Holmes bricks during timeouts, because they was nice in ‘83. With their washed up, Say it ain’t Joe” asses.

 

[levitate]

Cavs coming back from being down 3-1 vs a 72 win team opened my eyes to the audacious levels of confidence that these elite athletes have.

After being down like that my ass woulda been like… “well uhh, let’s go ahead and start preparing for next season…”

LeBron and those fellas were like “we can still get this…just gotta win one game at a time ”

 

[NYC Rebel]

I need footage of 48 year old Jim Brown loudly claiming he could beat Franco Harris in a race and then getting smoked while pulling a hammy.

Harris Beats Brown at 40 Yards, Wins 2-Day Competition

Former Pittsburgh Steeler running back Franco Harris defeated former Cleveland Brown running back Jim Brown in the 40-yard dash Friday to win a two-day competition.

www.latimes.com

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Rashad McCants really took it to levels that even made other NBA dudes with much better careers sit there like

 

[Erratic415]

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Ricky Davis actin' like LEBRON JAMES was gonna be his "sidekick"

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

I wish I had the irrational confidence of an athlete, rapper or politician in a big city.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Wide receivers will probably be mentioned a lot in here.

I knew Freddie Mitchell would be the one of the 1st receivers off the board

 

[ball15life]

That G league comment was wild

 

[ikbm]

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I dunno if anything can beat Ricky Davis, but I was reminded of these two.

Brandon Jennings Says Bucks Will Beat Heat in Six Games | SLAM

The first round Playoff matchup between the defending champion Miami Heat and the upstart Milwaukee Bucks is expected to be a laugher. LeBron James certa

www.slamonline.com

The Heat didn't even play Wade in Game 4, they load-managed him in the PLAYOFFS and still swept.

"Jennings, who had guaranteed the Bucks would win the series in six games, finished with three points on 1-of-7 shooting and had two turnovers."




Also this:

Derrick Rose on Knicks: "They're saying us and Golden State are the super teams"

Rose has never lacked for confidence. At times irrational confidence.

www.nbcsports.com

Derrick Rose 'Still' Believes the Knicks are a Super-Team

"I have to be careful with that term, I guess in the United States."

www.slamonline.com

 

[Silkk]

Ryan Perilloux saying he would come into LSU as freshman beat out Jamarcus and win four straight Heismans

 

[Bleedin Gums Murphy]

The classic lines from dudes on the tail sides of their careers entering training camp:


“I’m in the best shape of my life! ”

(No, you’re not. If you were a car, you’d have at least 150k miles on you.)

“This is the best I’ve felt in years! ”

(That’s because you haven’t been playing. Your body had time to rest and recover. You’ll feel like shyt again after playing 5 minutes.)


“I was very conscious of what I was putting in my body. I really worked on my diet! ”

(Your metabolism ain’t what it used to be. No more 4am pizzas for you!)

 

[NYC Rebel]

Every start of these irrational athlete conversations start with "shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid"