Why is a girlfriend an exception? Because dating can go hand in hand with sleeping, maximizing the use of free time.
Whenever he thinks of how Roger almost gave up life's pleasures for victory, Gary Payton finds a bit of solace in his heart.
Roger won, but he also paid a different price for it. He gained the championship but lost something else.
But Bob Bass's answer shattered all of Gary Payton's fantasies.
In other words, that jerk Roger didn't need any devil training at all, didn't need to put in too much effort, and still managed to perform so terrifyingly.
For Roger, winning is as ordinary as eating or sleeping. He doesn't need to give up everything for it; that's just how cruel the reality is.
Payton snapped out of this cruel reality, ready to leave the office. He still had to go to San Francisco to look for a house: "Tell Roger to call me when his mini-training camp begins."
