Comments on: I’d Rather Be the Underdog http://www.jamesmetzger.net/?p=625 Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:17:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Peter J. Lee http://www.jamesmetzger.net/?p=625&cpage=1#comment-332 Peter J. Lee Tue, 25 May 2010 02:35:15 +0000 http://www.spondev.com/wordpress/jcm/?p=625#comment-332 Being the "favorite" also brings with it additional and often needless pressures. It can sometimes be a no-win situation. If you do prevail---you were supposed to. If you lose---you choked. It is often easier, and much more rewarding to be the underdog. You really do become more motivated---more focused. Your opponents may underestimate you, or even overlook you. That's when the real party begins! Being the “favorite” also brings with it additional and often needless pressures. It can sometimes be a no-win situation. If you do prevail—you were supposed to. If you lose—you choked.

It is often easier, and much more rewarding to be the underdog. You really do become more motivated—more focused. Your opponents may underestimate you, or even overlook you. That’s when the real party begins!

]]> By: Marilyn Gould http://www.jamesmetzger.net/?p=625&cpage=1#comment-325 Marilyn Gould Sat, 22 May 2010 21:56:07 +0000 http://www.spondev.com/wordpress/jcm/?p=625#comment-325 Jim, I could not agree more. I usually say people get the "big head" when they are preferred or expected to win. That is almost always their undoing. When you play with all your heart and as though you have nothing to lose...you win. People have told me all my life that I couldn't do certain things and that's exactly when I "kicked in" and did them. Confidence is different than arrogance. I love the one and hate the other. Thanks for your inspiration. Marilyn Jim,

I could not agree more. I usually say people get the “big head” when they are preferred or expected to win. That is almost always their undoing. When you play with all your heart and as though you have nothing to lose…you win. People have told me all my life that I couldn’t do certain things and that’s exactly when I “kicked in” and did them. Confidence is different than arrogance. I love the one and hate the other. Thanks for your inspiration.

Marilyn

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