All you mention is he should be humble. I didn't pick up that he wasn't humble from that interview and that's why I asked what you didn't like about it. Is he confident - yes. Does he want to go out and win - yes. Is his race strategy to go out hard and make it painful for competitors to hang with him - yes. Does he think they can - no. Does this make him proud - yes. Does this make him arrogant - no. He acknowledges the quality of the field, he acknowledges that his tactic may give the opposition an advantage if he falters. That year it played right into Ryan's hands, when he won with a time over an hour slower than his PB and he never pushed JW once in the race. Since then JW's strategy has been right, he has gone hard and nobody has hung with him and set the record twice. Interviewer asked his thoughts and strat and instead of some media curated response he gave an open and honest response. What's not to respect about that? A good judge of what he is like, is how his fellow competitors view him. None seem to come across as disliking him or referring to him has a arrogant prick. But you are right, tastes differ. I like athletes who go out there and be themselves, don't make excuses and don't have a contrived media personality.
