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It was on a TV interview when he was first challenging the big boys, something about he wasn't scared of anyone and he didn't care who they were, he wasn't moving over for anyone? I have been a fan ever since, I would love to see that clip if anyone runs across it.
How did that work out for him?
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He did what so many on here think is unacceptable. He burned out.
Difference is that if one of todays riders burn out, he's a spoiled little pussy.
Different standards for the riders of the past.
riders are called spoiled pussies.
Trust me on this, I know why kids burn out.
That is the point that people are trying to make, IMO. Alot of people hate their jobs. But they still do them.
You tell me who won supercross races in the big boy class when they were 16 and who had races where they came through the pack crashing numerous times and winning.
who are they jim ?
Bradshaw is a legend because he was a bad ass on a scooter and I dont know of any riders in todays standards that did what he did and just quit .
On the other hand I'm in no position to judge the guys who make it to the pros, even if they don't seem to perform at the level they seem capable of.
came through, right?
That’s exactly right, and more than likely he did it similar to how we did it, because my dad had us traveling all over. And sure, that’s probably what got me so good at such a young age, but for many years, I was way younger than everybody, so I got beat a lot. I got beat continually. That was hard for a kid. It’s a lot like playing football. You’ve got to eventually win and get the taste of victory. So I looked back on when I actually did step away, or retire, or whatever you want to call it, and I look at all of those years, and it was pretty damned serious for me at a really young age. It wasn’t like at four, but it wasn’t too far after that that it became serious enough that my parents were thinking that I had a chance to do something. And as young as 13, or maybe even before that, I was already thinking ahead to supercross. Early on, I was thinking, “Hey, I can do this.” It’s not like it was just five years, it was a lot more, and it adds up. But because you hit it so hard at such a young age, you don’t get to be a kid – and more than likely a lot of that probably kept me out of trouble – but you miss out on a lot of stuff that most people don’t even take into consideration.
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seriously
Two totally different things.
The guy was a ba and to my recollection never got taken out by anyone. He just took himself out … sort of like our current fastest man on the planet.
This guy went big boy class right out of the ams and then after his first full year in 125s went full time 250 class and never looked back.
You must have me mixed up with someone else. I am the guy that looks forward and not backwards. I don't believe you have ever seem me post about "the good old days" when .things were better.
I have no problem with Bradshaw but I do have a problem with the double standards that people seem to have when it come to the riders of their generation. Bradshaw left the sport because he was burned out. If we are talking about Millsaps or Tedesco they are a bunch of little winers.
Seriously, what you are implying is that showing up to be a machinst is no different than being a factory rider, therefore Damon Bradshaw wouldn't be able to hack it in the real world. ......when in fact, as most of us know he is a very successful business man.
Damon is still my favorite rider and I have had a ton of respect for him for actually WALKING AWAY from the richest contract in the history of the sport (at the time) when he felt he no longer had what for took....for whatever reason.
There are things in this sport that Damon did that still haven't been repeated. Like taking down Ricky Johnson in Japan in 1988 at the age of 16. That would be like some 16 year old beating Stewart today. .....just one of the many reasons he is a living legend.
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