Macca has become a joke. This guy is trying so hard to convince us all that he's the best. Perhaps he's really trying to convince himself? Check out the statements from his interview with Triathlete mag - and they're not even taken out of context!!!
About Faris:
"He needs to get smart. He's so two-dimensional, he's so easy to work out. And that's why I'll always have the upper hand over Faris. "
"And I was thinking, "Faris, you're the one with the mental issues"
"The funny thing with Faris, and I saw it this year with him at Roth, was Faris won the world championship without a resume behind him."
About Normann:
"If I want to be a bike rider, I'll throw my hat in the ring any day of the week with him"
"No matter how much you ride, you can't run."
"Normann Stadler has to ride full-out because he can't run. And he swims like a dog. He won the race yesterday because of his swim. At the end of the day I'm a swim-biker. I've ridden six minutes into a pack at Olympic distance. I'm a bike rider. It's quite ironic these Germans are calling me a "tactical" bike rider. In Roth, McCormack's a "tactical" racer. I'm like, "Mate, do you want me to ride bikes with you? I'll fucking ride bikes with you any day of the week, mate!" But I don't have to. That's the thing. You've got no choice, 'cuz you can't run! No matter how much you ride, you can't run."
"Any race, mate. . . . Put your friggin results on the table, show me what you've done and I'll give you five results more. I've won more races than anyone across all distances. World Cups, drafting, non-drafting, Half Ironmans, Ironmans, under eight hours, above eight hours, everything! These guys have got nothing on me"
"But I can sit there and joke about how pathetic he is in Ironmans around the world. His pathetic performances in Switzerland. His pathetic performances in New Zealand. His pathetic performances in Australia. His pathetic performances in Roth."
"I'll kick his ass, mate. He doesn't even scare me in the slightest. That's the amazing thing. They think they intimidate me, and I look at them and go, "You honestly think you scare me?"
"Normann Stadler? [snaps his fingers] I could crack him mentally tomorrow. I look forward to it."
"Take Normann's two world titles out. You haven't got a career, mate. You've got a couple of putzy little race wins and a fourth at Wildflower and a 10th at Chicago. That's embarrassing. It's incomparable!"
"And Normann had these phantom flats . . . did they or didn't they happen. One happened, the other is a bit suspect."
About ze Germans:
"I think the reason the Germans get angry with me is I go to their biggest races in their country and kick their asses. I go to sprint champs and kick their asses. Non-drafting races in Bavaria, I kick their asses. Smacked the lot of 'em, Normann, everyone there, sprint distance, whatever. And then I do Roth. And kick their asses."
About himself:
"I'm the best -- and you can tell him, and put this in the mag -- I'm the best Ironman athlete in the world."
"I've won everything! Everything!"
"in my head it's my peers, and them being scared to death because of what I'm capable of."
I would have to think that this will create a stir among the pro ranks.
About Faris:
"He needs to get smart. He's so two-dimensional, he's so easy to work out. And that's why I'll always have the upper hand over Faris. "
"And I was thinking, "Faris, you're the one with the mental issues"
"The funny thing with Faris, and I saw it this year with him at Roth, was Faris won the world championship without a resume behind him."
About Normann:
"If I want to be a bike rider, I'll throw my hat in the ring any day of the week with him"
"No matter how much you ride, you can't run."
"Normann Stadler has to ride full-out because he can't run. And he swims like a dog. He won the race yesterday because of his swim. At the end of the day I'm a swim-biker. I've ridden six minutes into a pack at Olympic distance. I'm a bike rider. It's quite ironic these Germans are calling me a "tactical" bike rider. In Roth, McCormack's a "tactical" racer. I'm like, "Mate, do you want me to ride bikes with you? I'll fucking ride bikes with you any day of the week, mate!" But I don't have to. That's the thing. You've got no choice, 'cuz you can't run! No matter how much you ride, you can't run."
"Any race, mate. . . . Put your friggin results on the table, show me what you've done and I'll give you five results more. I've won more races than anyone across all distances. World Cups, drafting, non-drafting, Half Ironmans, Ironmans, under eight hours, above eight hours, everything! These guys have got nothing on me"
"But I can sit there and joke about how pathetic he is in Ironmans around the world. His pathetic performances in Switzerland. His pathetic performances in New Zealand. His pathetic performances in Australia. His pathetic performances in Roth."
"I'll kick his ass, mate. He doesn't even scare me in the slightest. That's the amazing thing. They think they intimidate me, and I look at them and go, "You honestly think you scare me?"
"Normann Stadler? [snaps his fingers] I could crack him mentally tomorrow. I look forward to it."
"Take Normann's two world titles out. You haven't got a career, mate. You've got a couple of putzy little race wins and a fourth at Wildflower and a 10th at Chicago. That's embarrassing. It's incomparable!"
"And Normann had these phantom flats . . . did they or didn't they happen. One happened, the other is a bit suspect."
About ze Germans:
"I think the reason the Germans get angry with me is I go to their biggest races in their country and kick their asses. I go to sprint champs and kick their asses. Non-drafting races in Bavaria, I kick their asses. Smacked the lot of 'em, Normann, everyone there, sprint distance, whatever. And then I do Roth. And kick their asses."
About himself:
"I'm the best -- and you can tell him, and put this in the mag -- I'm the best Ironman athlete in the world."
"I've won everything! Everything!"
"in my head it's my peers, and them being scared to death because of what I'm capable of."
I would have to think that this will create a stir among the pro ranks.