Quote Originally Posted by Von Milash View Post
imo, it depends on your general disposition. I am not an aggressive person by nature, which translates bad into contact sports. ie, I never really hit anyone in hockey, and would often look timid just because it wasn't in my nature to try to hurt anyone. This is true of me in boxing as well. Often I'll spar and take the worst of it because the other guy is trying to hit me more than I'm trying to hit him. then a bell rings in my head. I've gotta fight back. So I get a little mad, and that's when I can land shots.

So I think for SOME people, a bit of anger is sometimes the ONLY way for them to succeed in a sport like boxing. you can't let it consume you though. you have to "get mean" while balancing anger. A fine line between...
That's always been my problem too. I'm a pushover til' I get mad, but then my anger burns up all at once.