But he will survive even if his team does not survive Sunday. Cross too, understands that hype, even generated by his coaches, is just that. And it's a good distraction from the rocks and the tanks. Not war, not survival, not even a referendum on the caliber of person you are. Winners sometimes don't survive.
Losers sometimes do.
It's been that way since Cain slew Abel. You go to a hospital, you see a lot of people who can't get up. A lot of people, you go and see them, they're just sitting by their kid. And they're just happy you came in. Their kid doesn't even know you're in the world, nevertheless the room.