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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Yeah it sucks he had to come out and talk about this, but fans somehow feel that they are entitled to know about this stuff and spread the rumors, including on here.
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By speaking up, he helps to disinfect those rumours, not only about himself, but about other players having trouble with their emotional health. Some fans may get it through their heads that suffering from anxiety, depression, and similar issues does not make you a defective human being, but it
is a legitimate obstacle to playing your best at a sport.
‘Baseball is 90 per cent mental. The other half is physical.’ —Yogi Berra