"Armstrong's legendary temper also flared as he got into a testy exchange with reporters,
telling one writer from a British newspaper that he "was not worth the chair" he was sitting on
when he asked why Armstrong had welcomed back unrepentant cyclists who had served doping suspensions."
“I'm thinking about it, ... I'm thinking it's the best way to piss [the French] off.”
--Lance Armstrong
"Armstrong's legendary temper also flared as he got into a testy exchange with reporters,
telling one writer from a British newspaper that he "was not worth the chair" he was sitting on
when he asked why Armstrong had welcomed back unrepentant cyclists who had served doping suspensions."
“I'm thinking about it, ... I'm thinking it's the best way to piss [the French] off.”
--Lance Armstrong
Does that mean he's a Feeler (because he's emotional) ?
I will say that cycling as a profession is probably pretty tedious for anyone who is very intellectual or deep-thinking. I think one must love the physical sensations of riding and training, and be very long-term goal oriented. To me this means that most pro's are primarily sensing.
So how does that relate to type? I'd wager that is does not.
I will say that cycling as a profession is probably pretty tedious for anyone who is very intellectual or deep-thinking. I think one must love the physical sensations of riding and training, and be very long-term goal oriented. To me this means that most pro's are primarily sensing.
I'm surprised there doesn't seem to be any discussion about the Lance Armstrong doping revelations so I thought I'd bump this thread.
I'm not a big sports or cycling fan so in a way it's not a big deal for me, but I'm always impressed by people who manage "men of iron" type accomplishments and this is, to say the least, rather disappointing. I think if I were a major cycling/Tour de France fan I would find this rather shattering as, well, it obviously wasn't just Lance Armstrong. It sounds as though in the 90s/00s virtually everyone was doping, or everyone who won races, and the fallout from this may involve rewriting a lot of record books or basically expunging at least some of the TDF years etc.
I am quite fascinated by the psychology of this guy. On one hand, the whole fight against cancer thing and his philanthrophy, which is impressive (although I don't know much about it - who knows, maybe it was more for personal profit than anything, though that's not the impression I've had.) On the other hand, as the news sources are saying he's now been revealed as a "serial cheat" and a "bully" etc on a grand scale.
The weight of evidence seems to be such that it would be surprising at this point if the allegations aren't true. Other riders are coming forward and saying that they were cheats themselves, after all. He and his lawyers have insisted that this is all some sort of farcical framing exercise but there is nothing to suggest doing that would be in anyone's interests. The whole exercise does seem to be in the interests of attempting to clean up the sport. Although admittedly if all this is true there must be lots of people who are happy to see him fall hard. But if it wasn't all true that seems less likely.
It just seems like this would be the moment for him to graciously step forward and say "I was wrong." A huge and humiliating admission but he might save a little face! Who knows, he might do that yet, but the face he's presenting to the world suggests that he's totally convinced of his own rightness, or he's great at bluff.