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Jun
20
Nervous Corner Man
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Last night I went to support a fighter and friend from West Side who was doing an MMA fight. I wasn’t planning on helping corner, but things just turned out that way—I was happy to do it. For some reason I get really nervous when I corner, but I think I’ve finally figured out why. It’s because I have no control.
It’s like driving in a snow storm, If I’m at the wheel, I’m not nervous. If my wife is driving, however, I’m a nervous wreck. Not because my wife can’t drive, she’s a very capable driver, I think it’s because I don’t have any control.
Don’t misinterpret what I’m saying, I’m not any kind of control freak, it’s just when I’m in the corner or even watching in the crowd, I feel helpless. I realized last night that I feel helpless, because I am. It’s not my fight, I’ve helped as much as I could up to that point, now it’s up to the fighter—it’s their time.
