I thought this conversation was very interesting. A lot of good and different points were made. The fact is, as an elite athlete you are a role model for so many people around the world and need to act like it. Yes the competition can get to them but they have to get past it and let it go. Move on and concentrate on what they do best. Frustration will not help them anyways. This happens all too often. But maybe this is what makes them elite athletes, they have that nature in them. We even see these kind of reactions from Tiger Woods, and nobody can be at fault but himself and sometimes he still looses his calm. But there is a difference between what Federer and Serena did compared to how Jordan acted.
I don't see anything really wrong with his acceptance speech. Yea he made some remarks that were borderline wrong. But he can finally get what he wanted to really say out. Things he hadn't been able to say before. And this was his night to do that. All eyes on him and his chance to say what he wants to say. I think the borderline things he said were also with good intentions and he meant good by them. He wouldn't mention the names he did unless he respected them and appreciated how they helped him along his career. His playing career in the NBA is over. He isn't going to make enemies now in the league. Let him say what he wants to say. No matter what, people respect him, look up to him and appreciate what he has done for the game all the same.
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I wonder how Jordan feels, looking back on that acceptance speech, now that so many people have criticized him. Since he has always been so image conscious, I wonder if it bothers him that people were not enamored by what he said. Then again, I do agree that it was good to hear what he truly believed--that he doesn't feel the need to sustain that pristine image.
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