I don't see what's so hard to understand. Do you think people buy flashy cars and expensive status symbols to go unnoticed? Attention gives you a sense of importance. Once you are constantly given attention and praised for your appearance it becomes a part of your identity. That's not easy to give up for most.
But those flashy cars and expensive things aren't going to effect your health and cause u to end up in ICU
Good luck to mike though! Hope he does recover , sounds like he gave up the bbing lifestyle a long time ago
Props to guys like tom prince, mike Francois. After health problems they gave up unlike many who still keep pushing the envelope like idiots like don long, flex wheeler, kris dim.... If those guys tumbled over I or anyone should give two shits about them