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Location: Who knows | NJJ - 2014-03-03 8:27 AM
Awwww......come on.....he was doing a little "trash talk joking" with his competitors......they have all done it! Didn't you see the smile on his face????
GEES !!!! Why do you people always have to talk TRASH ????
Thank you NJJ shaking my head at this thread, we are blessed to have someone like Tuf Cooper in our industry, he is hard working, thankful, and is ALWAYS putting God first. Its seems really silly to me that people are taking that interview THIS far. Come on people how judgmental is society getting ? people are acting like he is some type of Richard Sherman or something. SHEESH y'all come on.
Threads like this and thee Mary walker one, are the reasons I do not come on here anymore.
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Just my two cents worth....I can rattle off dozens of times when a competitor lost way before they ever entered the pen. Winning sometimes is a state of mind. Even if it's not said out loud, it's thought. For all we know he was doing what it takes to set himself up to win. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Every darn person there was a competitor and they gave it their all. There was so much riding on this rodeo since it was the first year for it. No one wanted to let the fans down and no one wanted to less than their best. They are all so appreciativev of what RFD did for the sport. I didn't see one competitor that I thought less of from watching their interviews or their performance. Kuddos to the entire crew. |
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Location: Colorado | HotbearLVR - 2014-03-03 8:49 AM Sounded pretty innocent to me. He'll probably think twice next time. I'm sure his daddy had a few words with him.
Obviously you don't know his "daddy". Roy had a bigger ego than all his boys together.
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| Stitch4k9 - 2014-03-03 3:10 PM HotbearLVR - 2014-03-03 8:49 AM Sounded pretty innocent to me. He'll probably think twice next time. I'm sure his daddy had a few words with him. Obviously you don't know his "daddy". Roy had a bigger ego than all his boys together.
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| During the NFR I heard a few of the contestants and Joe Beaver refer to the "silly interviews" they make you do where the producers basically tell you what to say like you are going to beat so and so because they are close in points etc. I saw Tuff 's interview, he was smiling and having some fun. |
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| CYA Ranch - 2014-03-03 2:14 PM Every darn person there was a competitor and they gave it their all. There was so much riding on this rodeo since it was the first year for it. No one wanted to let the fans down and no one wanted to less than their best. They are all so appreciativev of what RFD did for the sport. I didn't see one competitor that I thought less of from watching their interviews or their performance. Kuddos to the entire crew.
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| Flame away all you want, I have always admired Tuf and his whole family. Nobody works harder to be the best. But I thought his comments were out of line. I cringed and felt bad for him when he said it. When Justin brought up Tuf's comment to Roy in the announcers booth, Roy didn't say Oh he's just kidding. In fact he didn't say anything at all. He didn't answer Justin's question about it which told me a lot. I'm not trying to trash talk Tuf just commenting that he embarrassed himself. |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | I will just bet that Tuf will still be "worried" about it .....when he wins his next rodeo..... |
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Location: The barn...where else? SW Missouri | Hollywood's Fan - 2014-03-03 11:43 AM barrelracer1413 - 2014-03-04 6:45 AM I agree I always liked him but after his interview when he said I feel bad for my friends bc i'm going to win and they are going home with nothing. I was in shock and I was a little happy to see him do bad and get a reality check. I didn't see the interview, but this comment sounds like something he would say as sarcasim. Tuff has played the game long enough to know that he doesn't always win.
Wade Sundell said he intended to win it too....and he did, LOL
My so and I are huge fans of Wade and were cheering him on all the way. He is so fun to watch and seems so happy all the time and having a blast. Gotta have confidence to compete and I'm sure Tuff was just playing around. |
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Location: Texas | At least he didn't say the F word when it didn't turn out his way like the other calf roper that seems to have a habit of doing where all America can read his lips ... No CLASS
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Location: The edge of no where | RunNbarrels - 2014-03-03 5:12 PM Hollywood's Fan - 2014-03-03 11:43 AM barrelracer1413 - 2014-03-04 6:45 AM I agree I always liked him but after his interview when he said I feel bad for my friends bc i'm going to win and they are going home with nothing. I was in shock and I was a little happy to see him do bad and get a reality check. I didn't see the interview, but this comment sounds like something he would say as sarcasim. Tuff has played the game long enough to know that he doesn't always win.
Wade Sundell said he intended to win it too....and he did, LOL
Wade can ride a bronc like nobody else..... I don't like to watch the roughstock events and I love watching that guy. He's CRAZY! |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | Stitch4k9 - 2014-03-03 3:10 PM HotbearLVR - 2014-03-03 8:49 AM Sounded pretty innocent to me. He'll probably think twice next time. I'm sure his daddy had a few words with him. Obviously you don't know his "daddy". Roy had a bigger ego than all his boys together.
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The vast majority of world class athletes have a big ego. Some show it more than others and are more boistrous and brazen. If Tuff said wat he did, then went on to whiff, I would guess that he got a little sh!t from his daddy, especially because he has a big ego. Either way, I don't think it's a big deal. |
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Location: MD | Where is this interview? |
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| Good Grief people!!!! You are all so quick to judge and cause issues. Let it be! One comment doesnt make him a bad man or make him less of anything. hes a darn good calf roper and I am willing to bet its friendly competition. if you've never said anything like that to a friend or to someone knowing you compeitors will hear it then you havent been around long enough.
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | stayceem - 2014-03-03 9:32 PM Good Grief people!!!! You are all so quick to judge and cause issues. Let it be! One comment doesnt make him a bad man or make him less of anything. hes a darn good calf roper and I am willing to bet its friendly competition. if you've never said anything like that to a friend or to someone knowing you compeitors will hear it then you havent been around long enough. RELAX and stop picking EVERY person apart.
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | CYA Ranch - 2014-03-03 9:49 PM stayceem - 2014-03-03 9:32 PM Good Grief people!!!! You are all so quick to judge and cause issues. Let it be! One comment doesnt make him a bad man or make him less of anything. hes a darn good calf roper and I am willing to bet its friendly competition. if you've never said anything like that to a friend or to someone knowing you compeitors will hear it then you havent been around long enough. RELAX and stop picking EVERY person apart.
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| Here's the interview. Judge for yourself ..
'Losing is not an option,' says Tuf Cooper
Champion Tie-Down Roper Tuf Cooper comes from a rodeo family.
Taking a moment to talk with RFD-TV, Cooper described what it was like growing up and achieving his goals.
"I grew up in the most famous family in rodeo. I didn't know any difference growing up besides this is what we did, is we traveled, we went to rodeos, we roped. Growing up in that atmosphere was, you know, that's – it's what I did. I was riding a horse and roping whenever I was four or five years old," said Cooper.
"I had the best childhood of any of my friends that I know. Growing up, it was – being 10 years old, traveling all over the country, getting home-schooled, getting to ride horses, getting to be outside, and then being with my family, you know, every part of the day. That's what prepared me whenever – for today, for my job today – is growing up in it my entire life. That prepared me for what I was going to do in my career."
Success at a young age
"I believe the comment of having success too soon is something that people that don't achieve success at a young age come up with. The difference for me was whenever I was 12 years old, I knew exactly what I wanted to do in life. I set my goals whenever I was 12, 13, 14 years old. And I went to work then to achieve my goals. My first goal – wanted to be the first, the youngest guy to ever make the National Finals Rodeo. When I turned 18 – you have to be 18 to be professional. Nobody's ever made the finals when they're 18. That was my goal. I gave up sports. I gave up hanging out with my friends, preparing myself for the future so I can reach the goals that I've set, which are the highest goals."
Winning and Opportunity
"I never feel bad about winning. I would feel bad if I didn't win because of the opportunities I've been given. I've had better opportunities growing up in a family that I've grown up in. Better opportunities to be a champion than probably anybody in the history of rodeo. So whenever I do win, which is expected, I don't feel bad for all those, all those other guys that didn't win because they didn't have the same opportunity as I did. So I better win. I better win because, if not, then that means that I didn't work as hard, I didn't put as much into it because those guys who had less opportunity put a thousand times more into it than I did."
"I don't want to lack in any area of my roping because I know I've had the opportunity to have done the most and to be the very best roper there will ever be."
THE AMERICAN
"When I first heard about THE AMERICAN -- blew my mind. I was like this is – I'm so excited. I got fired up about rodeo and roping and I was so ready for it. Ever since then, I'm like March 2nd, here we come."
"What fears me about THE AMERICAN is all those other guys walking away disappointed, all my friends walking away disappointed because they didn't win it because I was standing up there on the stage and took the big purse back to Decatur, Texas."
"Losing is not an option and it's not an option at THE AMERICAN. It's not going to happen." |
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| run2run - 2014-03-03 10:40 PM
Here's the interview. Judge for yourself ..
'Losing is not an option,' says Tuf Cooper
Champion Tie-Down Roper Tuf Cooper comes from a rodeo family.
Taking a moment to talk with RFD-TV, Cooper described what it was like growing up and achieving his goals.
"I grew up in the most famous family in rodeo. I didn't know any difference growing up besides this is what we did, is we traveled, we went to rodeos, we roped. Growing up in that atmosphere was, you know, that's – it's what I did. I was riding a horse and roping whenever I was four or five years old," said Cooper.
"I had the best childhood of any of my friends that I know. Growing up, it was – being 10 years old, traveling all over the country, getting home-schooled, getting to ride horses, getting to be outside, and then being with my family, you know, every part of the day. That's what prepared me whenever – for today, for my job today – is growing up in it my entire life. That prepared me for what I was going to do in my career."
Success at a young age
"I believe the comment of having success too soon is something that people that don't achieve success at a young age come up with. The difference for me was whenever I was 12 years old, I knew exactly what I wanted to do in life. I set my goals whenever I was 12, 13, 14 years old. And I went to work then to achieve my goals. My first goal – wanted to be the first, the youngest guy to ever make the National Finals Rodeo. When I turned 18 – you have to be 18 to be professional. Nobody's ever made the finals when they're 18. That was my goal. I gave up sports. I gave up hanging out with my friends, preparing myself for the future so I can reach the goals that I've set, which are the highest goals."
Winning and Opportunity
"I never feel bad about winning. I would feel bad if I didn't win because of the opportunities I've been given. I've had better opportunities growing up in a family that I've grown up in. Better opportunities to be a champion than probably anybody in the history of rodeo. So whenever I do win, which is expected, I don't feel bad for all those, all those other guys that didn't win because they didn't have the same opportunity as I did. So I better win. I better win because, if not, then that means that I didn't work as hard, I didn't put as much into it because those guys who had less opportunity put a thousand times more into it than I did."
"I don't want to lack in any area of my roping because I know I've had the opportunity to have done the most and to be the very best roper there will ever be."
THE AMERICAN
"When I first heard about THE AMERICAN -- blew my mind. I was like this is – I'm so excited. I got fired up about rodeo and roping and I was so ready for it. Ever since then, I'm like March 2nd, here we come."
"What fears me about THE AMERICAN is all those other guys walking away disappointed, all my friends walking away disappointed because they didn't win it because I was standing up there on the stage and took the big purse back to Decatur, Texas."
"Losing is not an option and it's not an option at THE AMERICAN. It's not going to happen."
Again ... stop nit picking and reading between the lines. LOOKING for something B**** about.
I take that as hes proud of the way he grew up, hes proud hes achieves goals, he experiences a lot of pressure having the privledges he has, coming from the family he comes from. He has probably been dealt a better hand than most and he knows it. I think that shows more character than anything.
Even if he meant it in a snarky, cocky way... WHO CARES! Annoying.
ETA he went out there intenting to win...and obviously didnt but I guarantee you hes gonna be the same man he's always been.
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