When you screw up, you have to own it. That stuff really gets under my skin. Take Lance Armstrong. Lance Armstrong did a number of things and he gave himself cancer. He cheated, he did drugs, and he gave himself cancer. Well, instead of saying ‘Hey listen, I cheated and gave myself cancer, don't be like me.' He actually made himself the victim and then went out and profited something like $15 million dollars from this ‘Hey, poor me, let's find a cure for cancer' campaign instead of just coming clean and saying, ‘Look, here's what I did, I screwed myself up, and I hope people learn from my mistakes.' You just watch these guys and can't help but think, God, what a fraud. You got the whole Michael Phelps being a pothead thing too. I'm just glad I'm in the business I'm in so I can get them in the cage and kick the crap out of them.
- Chael Sonnen turns his attention away from Anderson Silva and toward Lance Armstrong on Pro MMA Radio (HT: MMA Mania)
Sonnen has been doing his best to hype up his clash with Anderson Silva but this is a totally new development that feels a bit like Chael hoping he gets some attention in the mainstream. I'm no fan of Armstrong. To be honest, I think the guy is a gigantic phony. But having said that, these Sonnen comments are pretty harsh and I'm very curious what Dana White's reaction will be to this all.
Armstrong, right or wrong, has carved out a place as an American hero so it will be interesting to see if there is any backlash from the comments.
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