"...what all narcissists experience when power and celebrity are taken away."

  1. jacques_anquetil

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    Stripped of his iconic status, Lance was left alone to dwell on the emptiness. Even his beloved LiveStrong Foundation wanted nothing to do with him when he became radioactive. He found out what all narcissists experience when power and celebrity are taken away. Their brain responds as if it's withdrawing from a drug. And the process is agonizing.

    So, it's not surprising that, two months into his permanent timeout, Lance had an epiphany. Rage and despair will do that. What else would drive him to be interviewed by Oprah knowing the high probability of being humiliated? If Oprah conducts this interview modeling Mike Wallace, we can all enjoy a bit of schadenfreude.

    these four articles came across my Facebook feed within a space of 15 minutes today:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lloyd-glauberman-phd/lance-armstrong-oprah_b_2465396.html

    http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/1835953?preferredArticleViewMode=single

    http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2013/01/what-lance-armstrong-did.html?mobify=0

    http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/01/analysis/feds-could-see-armstrong-in-court-after-rejecting-restitution-offer_271610

    Posted 4 months ago

  2. jacques_anquetil

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    and another. yup. total narcissist.

    You see, Lance wants to compete in triathlons and other sporting events and U.S.A.D.A. won’t let him—unless he owns up to what he did. That’s his reason. He wants to get back on the bike. But he will only race again (and probably not for years, in any case) if he names names, implicates colleagues, coaches, friends—many of the very people he threatened to destroy if they ever revealed the truth about him.

    Despite having been spectacularly wrong about Lance in the past, I will make one more prediction: Lance will talk and talk and talk. After all, he wants something for himself, and what else matters to him? Because Lance Armstrong is not a stand-up guy. And he never has been.

    Posted 4 months ago

  3. Cosmic Kid

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    jacques, where was that last quote from?

    Just say "NO!!" to WCP!

    "Want to get faster? Work harder, eat better, cut the crap. Instead of talking the talk, work the work"
    Posted 4 months ago

  4. jacques_anquetil

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    the New Yorker piece.

    Posted 4 months ago

  5. Cosmic Kid

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    Thanks.....BTW, it appears you were correct re: a LA confession to Oprah.

    ;-)

    Frankly, I never thought we would see it. he and Clemens appeared to be using the exact same playbook and I never thought he would deviate from it.

    Posted 4 months ago

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