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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - I know we’ve all been thinking it, but it’s high time someone said it out loud.
Thank god for Max Kellerman.
Here I was thinking that I’d gotten through 46 years, two months and four days – until last Saturday night, that is – with a pretty good handle on what the term “manning up” actually meant.
Silly me. I’d always figured it had something to do with being brave or tough enough to deal with an unpleasant situation. But now that Scruffleupagus has spoken, I’m ready to reconfigure my vocabulary.
Because what it’s apparently meant all this time was do whatever you can do to tilt the playing field in your favor, and then – if things still don’t go your way – feel free to employ excuses as needed.
Case in point, Manny Pacquiao.
Prior to Mr. Max setting me straight over the weekend, what I’d assumed Pacquiao and his team had done before, during and after his May 2 date with Floyd Mayweather Jr. was simple: [Click Here To Read More]
Thank god for Max Kellerman.
Here I was thinking that I’d gotten through 46 years, two months and four days – until last Saturday night, that is – with a pretty good handle on what the term “manning up” actually meant.
Silly me. I’d always figured it had something to do with being brave or tough enough to deal with an unpleasant situation. But now that Scruffleupagus has spoken, I’m ready to reconfigure my vocabulary.
Because what it’s apparently meant all this time was do whatever you can do to tilt the playing field in your favor, and then – if things still don’t go your way – feel free to employ excuses as needed.
Case in point, Manny Pacquiao.
Prior to Mr. Max setting me straight over the weekend, what I’d assumed Pacquiao and his team had done before, during and after his May 2 date with Floyd Mayweather Jr. was simple: [Click Here To Read More]
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