Sometimes you interview an athlete, and the athlete sounds so bold and honest and outspoken, and you walk away thinking, Man, I got some terrific quotes there. And then you press PLAY on your digital recorder, and you find 11 minutes of unusable fluff. Wait a second. Back up. Change "sometimes" to "most of the time."
Jay Ajayi is the other kind of athlete. His lilting British accent tends, in the moment, to muffle the impact of his words and distract you from their content. It's only when you walk away and re-listen to his comments that you appreciate the relative substance of what he said.