Originally Posted by
Jequila:
“Your Firstborn is a very wise child, Deb. 
But honestly, does Fatima never think of anything but competition, and winning? It's a very unhealthy lifestyle. Does she never just, erm .. like .. let go and enjoy other aspects of life? It's a very sad existence for her if not.
What a way to live. She needs to LOOSEN UP!”
It's a good job Olympic athletes and champions dont think of anythign other than competitions & winning and that they dont "Loosen up" as you think they should, otherwise Team GB would be as much as an embarrament to us as our other national sports teams.
As someone else has said, an athlete/sports person who has been driven and focussed for most of their life is not suddenly going to be able to switch that off. The same as Antony Cotton can't switch off the fact that he is a nasty & bitchy piece of work and Pat Sharp can't switch off that he is a knob!