I was watching a doco on TV this morning whilst pedalling away at the gym. It was about the Dunlops and they were interviewing Michael Dunlop.
They had been discussing and showing the feats and accidents of Joey & Robert Dunlop and in particular, about when Robert's rear wheel disintegrated at the 1994 TT and he came off somewhat the worse for wear, but gnarly bastard that he was, Robert returned to racing and won more races.
His comment that I though was a cracker was:
"Footballers fall over on the grass and cry for three months...they (Robert, Joey and generally the M/C racers of those times) were hard men!"
What an understatement.......and what a total bloody nutter.
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