Slams are most important. Those are the only ones as a fan, hurt if my favorite player loses. The rest of the year, I would want him using the masters or even mickey mouses to fine tune their play or get the practice in so they can be in form for the slams.
You didn't quote anybody, honey, so you couldn't just be talking to thin air, could you?
In the grand scheme of things, I'd much rather my favorite player win a slam or 2 than hold #1 all year long.
If Rafa wants to be #2 for the rest of his career, I won't mind as long as he is not hanging around till 33 losing in slam Finals trying to get #18. He should have 18 with time to spare by then. Vamos!
If a player like Djokovic with 1/2 the total Slams as Sampras can win 8 more Masters titles than him, how much do Masters really matter?
Yes, what it shows is that they're different achievements. Everybody agrees Slams are the most important metric. I personally think weeks at #1 (even though my favorite player, Federer, has more weeks at #1 than anyone else) is as meaningless as head-to-head. YE#1 matters.
Not crazy at all. Sampras fans are afraid of Federer winning more. So they want him to retire.
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Trust me, I have one killer shoulder width to waist ratio, and a very good back double bicep pose (competitive bodybuilding).
I watch movies too!
My life also revolves around the GOAT...by that I mean, making myself the GOAT in absoutely everything I set out to do.
Tell Helloworld that I know he knows we know he knows we know that he is afraid
I am amateur bodybuilder. So while I compete, the prize I get is possible medal if I rank in the top three. I am also drug free, and have no intentions to turn pro due to the fact that I will need to start taking anabolic cocktails such as Tren, Dinabol, Deca, Insulin, Testosterone, and even be advised to inject synthol, which just makes me shudder when I think about it. Train hard, but stay drug free.
I compete for three months normally around Californina and Nevada, with the hopes of culiminating at the Olympia expo in Las Vegas convention centre every year. This year not competing due to other commitments, but looking forward to getting back on stage much earlier next year, since I am much more rested.
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I am amateur bodybuilder. So while I compete, the prize I get is possible medal if I rank in the top three. I am also drug free, and have no intentions to turn pro due to the fact that I will need to start taking anabolic cocktails such as Tren, Dinabol, Deca, Insulin, Testosterone, and even be advised to inject synthol, which just makes me shudder when I think about it. Train hard, but stay drug free.
I compete for three months normally around Californina and Nevada, with the hopes of culiminating at the Olympia expo in Las Vegas convention centre every year. This year not competing due to other commitments, but looking forward to getting back on stage much earlier next year, since I am much more rested.
Great. Very interesting too. I guess people will have to start watching what we say to you here. Actually it's quite impressive you having so much success drug free.
What other commitments do you have? You mean tennis and movies? You can be honest
We went a bit off topic here, but it's quite interesting.
haha!
I got into bodybuilding from my teens. I was a kid who was massively influenced by Sly/Arnie movies of the 80s, plus I was a huge wrestling fan, and back in the day, you had guys like Ultimate Warrior, Rick Rude and many other awesome physiques. I also watched a few of Bruce Lee's incredible workouts, with his knuckle and one finger push ups and the legendary Dragon Flags that Sly makes famous in Rocky IV. Yeah, steroids were running rampant back in those days, but there was just this revolution in larger than life guys. The Rockys, The Terminators, The Rambos, The Conans. Even cartoons had guys that looked like they could kick some ***, like He-Man.
I started really focusing on building my body, and among other things I got certified as a personal trainer. While I was out in Florida, I met some guys that ran shows in NYC, they were down to do photo shoots for a gym in Fort Lauderdale. They invited me to attend the shoot, and from there I got the bug to try to compete.
Today I have been competing successfully for six years, each year improving on my shape and size. I have tried many different things over the years, but I still love the challenge of entering the gym and just unleashing. Only place where I truly feel free.
I have never gotten first place. But I have gotten second and third a few times in some big shows. So still something to aim for! Regarding my favorite foods. Most of my favorite foods are starch based, such as pasta, pizza and foods that similiar. Normally I have about 16 week prep, the exercise intensity increases and I continue to lift a lot of weight, especially on the walking barbell lunges, the barbell back and front squats, the dead lifts, bent over barbell rows and incline and military dumbell presses. I cut my rest periods to about 40 seconds between lifts, to help get large amounts of growth hormone so I can burn fat and preserve muscle while I diet. And I add in more cardio. 
