This might sound masochistic or narcissistic, I don't know, but when I'm not playing the game, the validations I feel about life are always through the hardships. I relate more to sadness, in a lot of ways, when I'm not playing.
The margins for restaurants to make money are very, very narrow. It's a tough business, and to be a chef is a little bit masochistic.
I love the masochistic aspect of eating seething, real Sichuan food in Sichuan Province.
People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular.
But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me.
In the end, you need to be a little masochistic to be a goalkeeper. A masochist and egocentric as well.
Golfers have a tendency to be very masochistic. They like to punish themselves for some reason. A lot of them like tough courses.
If you play tennis it is to have these moments, moments of adrenaline, where it gets dangerous. It is a bit masochistic.
I admire when people take the harder path, not because they are masochistic and want to beat themselves up, but because you actually kind of learn more and I think you grow more.
I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'm told it should be good for me, I'll put it down. That said, most of what I read would be considered high-end or good for you, I suppose. But, I also think that reading should be enjoyable.
