Among the worst of the frequently verbalized and blindly accepted trite sayings is this: “They won because they wanted it more,” or more specifically, “They grabbed those rebounds based on will.”
Let’s harken back to my sophomore year in high school. Bill Baird took me aside and insisted that “if I put my mind to it,” I could outperform senior Gene Brown on the football field.
No.
I was gullible, but I knew better. Gene was bigger, stronger and more athletic. He was a man. I was 5-foot-6 and 130 pounds, maybe.
It’s like saying your friend with the greatest “want to” could outleap Cuba’s 8-foot-high-jumper Javier Sotomayor.