Differences?

Take a look at the diferences in interviews here.....

Windham -

I know! But what I’m asking is that with all the carnage over there on that triple, what were you thinking? I mean, you’re not 18 anymore, and you have a family back home that relies on you, so does that enter your head as a racer when you’re going for an obstacle that has such a penalty for a mistake?


Oh yeah, sure. You obviously take note when there are guys down, because there’s a reason why they went down. I mean, we’re riding with the best in the world, and you want to be cautious, but you still have a job to do. I mean, it’s tough, because it’s not really time to start thinking about the wife and kids at home, because that’s obviously not a way to be overly successful in an extreme sport, but you do take note, and you realize that what we’re doing has a calculated risk. We’re all susceptible to crashes, and it can happen at any time when we’re pushing the limits. So, to answer your question, yeah I think about it, but I didn’t let it take me out of my game.


Reed -

I know you’ve only been back a couple of races. You pulled a fourth in Houston and fifth last night in St. Louis. It’s early, but how is it being back in the fray?
Being back at the races has been awesome. I’ve definitely had my fair share of emotions of being back at the races and some ups and downs, but overall I’m really happy to be back and working with the team. I haven’t really had a chance to be around the guys at a racing environment and racing when I’m in my gear and riding and working with them. I’m getting to know them and they’re getting to know me. We turned it around in the heat [Reed won the opening heat race] and was positive for the main event. But some things went down in the main event that took me out of my comfort zone. I wasn’t prepared to miss my flight out of there right after the race, so I just rode within my comfort zone. I rode well within it, to be truthful. But yeah, it’s been good to be back at the races.

then-

Since you’ve been racing in the United States, you’ve never been in a situation where you missed the majority of a supercross series and were then forced to return to action with just a few rounds left. Has it been hard to get motivated for these last four or five rounds?
Yeah, I’ve never been in this position. And truthfully, my personal opinion is that coming back in my situation and just not being 100 percent focused on being back and racing and laying it on the line isn’t working. There are more important things happening at home, and there are championships starting up here in about five weeks with the outdoors. I’m just going through the motions, and in a perfect world, I would love to sit out supercross and just get ready for outdoors. But we’re not in a perfect world and my obligations to sponsors and the team is to be out their representing, so I’m doing the best that I can and just kind of getting through it.


I think Reed just doesn't want to be out there taking a risks to be the fastest guy right now. I can't blame him, I think he is at a place in life right now where he wasn't a few years ago. He is maturing, has a wife a baby on the way..... Again, the jump was dangerous but you can see by these two interviews the differences in handling it.

KW even went through it a few years ago when he got burnt out on the Suzuki.

don;t get me wrong