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Originally Posted by Pablo

I wish I wouldn't have watched that because it makes me hate him a little less. He almost seems like a human in those clips.

Literally everyone that knows him says that his media persona is just that -- a persona. In real life he's funny, chatty, a bit weird (walks aroudn the complex barefoot), but also ridiculously focused and hardcore on football matters.

Then there's stuff like this. NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown:

SI: What current athlete do you admire?

Brown: Compared with a Bill Russell?

SI: Sure.

Brown: Nobody.

SI: Compared with a Jim Brown.

Brown: I don't compare myself with anyone. Let me tell you about someone I do admire. Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots has contributed more to the work I surround myself with than any black athlete in modern times--financially, intellectually, every way. He's been in the prisons with me. He's met gang members in my home; he's met gang members in Cleveland [where Belichick coached the Browns from 1991 to '95]. He's put up money. He's opened up areas of education for us very quietly and very strongly. Imagine what would happen if Michael Jordan did the same thing.

https://www.si.com/vault/2002/04/15/...g-sports-stars