Fellow Athletes: Schumi Arrogant! - Page 2

Steve Wilkinson · 28 Dec 2004, 14:10 (Ref:1188828)

Tell me something I didn't already know.

MS is arrogant.

However that is part of what makes him such a success.

Kicking-back · 28 Dec 2004, 14:11 (Ref:1188829)

Schumacher comes across as arrogant at times, but people who've met and worked with him tell me he is not.

Gabrio · 28 Dec 2004, 14:21 (Ref:1188846)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kicking-back

Schumacher comes across as arrogant at times, but people who've met and worked with him tell me he is not.

Exactly the same feedback I have been given.

Silk Cut Jaguar · 28 Dec 2004, 14:58 (Ref:1188865)

He seems to donate a lot of his free time to charitable causes, he may be arrogant at times but at least he shows up to the public functions that actually matter.

If you were him wouldn't you find these "...of the year" awards a bit tedious after the first trophy room was full? Hell, he probably gives them away like Christmas cards.

Pondo · 28 Dec 2004, 16:39 (Ref:1188908)

It's a stupid time of year to have an awards ceremony, surely for people who work as hard as sportspeople, now's the one time of year they get a chance to relax with their family? If he's on holiday with his family, I say fair play to the fellow.

And he's not arrogant.

Red · 29 Dec 2004, 11:47 (Ref:1189312)

Ok, he's arrogant... But excuse my poor English, it's not my native language. What do you call someone who's attenting each and single "best <whatever> award" ceremony with a "gimme gimme gimme" attitude, posing for photographers, showing them his best smile then slamming at someone else for whatever reasons (like not showing up)? Is "modest" the accurate translation?

**Adam43** · 29 Dec 2004, 11:48 (Ref:1189313)

Very good.

climb · 29 Dec 2004, 14:36 (Ref:1189385)

Feeling disrespected means that those people felt themselves so important that MS could not skip the happening.
I think that MS has, expectably, many meetings like that, but attending each one would let him with no spare time; therefore he's got the right to skip some of them.

garcon · 31 Dec 2004, 12:24 (Ref:1190469)

Let me get this straight.

Michael Schumacher is accused of arrogance by... Lothar Mathaus.

The words pot, kettle and black immediately spring to mind.

Logrence · 31 Dec 2004, 13:35 (Ref:1190536)

Is it still arrogance when you actually are better than everyone else, though?

garcon · 2 Jan 2005, 14:54 (Ref:1191632)

From the Oxford English Dictionary (www.askoxford.com)

Quote:

arrogant, adj., having an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities.

Red · 2 Jan 2005, 15:09 (Ref:1191640)

Quote:

arrogant
adj : exaggerating or disposed to exaggerate one's own worth or importance in an overbearing manner

adj : having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride;

I'm sorry, but my English is still poor. If 7 world drivers championship, 63 poles and 83 wins, is still 'disposed to exaggerate' or unwaranted importance, then I surely am unable to understand what real performance is.

**Adam43** · 2 Jan 2005, 15:32 (Ref:1191646)

Yeah, Michael goes round acting as if he has eight WDCs

Gt_R · 2 Jan 2005, 17:15 (Ref:1191693)

Then maybe he should start acting like he had 9 soon... lol

Dan Fielden · 3 Jan 2005, 13:27 (Ref:1192177)

Would that be the Night he was playing for Ronaldo's football team against Zidanes football team at the Burnabau by any chance?

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