ya, well it's like they need to say things that don't trigger the average person. so they're never telling us exactly what it's like to play a sport at the highest level and what they go thru and what drives them or bothers them and how it all works.

no one tells us exactly everything that goes on with them, but most people have more wiggle room to say as much as they want.

with athletes it's more like you have to read between the lines and pick up clues about what they probably think.