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Message: [QUOTE="abashii, post: 3227797, member: 8686"] We're all individuals, each player should take it just as seriously as best suits them. I know that sounds like a non-answer but think of the differences between Graham and Boyd. If someone with issues around depression, anxiety, perfectionism decides to ride every game so hard, put their sense of self-worth onto their perforances every game, how long before their mental well-being, and their performance, start to suffer. Whereas someone like Graham, based on what I've read from him anyway, can absolutely ride or die on the outcome of every game because after it's done it's done - he can draw a line under it and move on while a different type of player would still be chewing over every mistake, every missed opportunity and every what if and if only. People lambast Boyd for saying it's just a game and he was trying too hard because it's easy to have a poke at the guy based on a headline or no-context quote, but when you read what he actually said and think about it in the context of someone with a brain which works that way, there's a real depth and wisdom there. Don't forget one of the reasons we don't have u20s any more is because a number of guys got so wrapped up in the game and put so much pressure on themselves they ultimately crumbled, in some cases fatally. So I'd never judge a player by how seriously other people say they take football, you never know what's in someone else's head. [/QUOTE]

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