disappoint myself so I think I ride a little bit better when I ’ m stressed out .
For TKO , I have way more stress even though for that last round of the [ Kenda AMA ] Extreme Series it was basically do or die for me and Cody ; whoever won that last one I think won the championship . I honestly wasn ' t too stressed about that , but for TKO just because there were so many good guys , it was so stressful because if you get a bad start or you make one crash or one mistake you can be back in eighth place . For me , that ’ s pretty stressful .
OTP : TALKING ABOUT THE KENDA AMA EXTREME SERIES , WHEN YOU START BUILDING UP THOSE TOP PODIUM AND SECOND PLACE FINISHES AS THE SERIES PROGRESSES , HOW DO YOU KEEP FOCUSED ON THE NEXT EVENT AND NOT FOCUS ON THE RESULTS OF THE PREVIOUS EVENT ?
TH : For me , when I get second place , it actually makes me pretty angry . Sometimes for me to get a second place is good because then I come into the next round pretty angry and usually I ’ ll ride way better . It ' s kind of weird but when you get first [ place ], you kind of feel a sense of accomplishment so you ' re not as hungry , but when I get second and I ’ m all fired up I come into the next round and I ’ m ready to battle .
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