Maybe so, but Schwarzenegger never tired of trying to psyche out his rivals, dressing it up as mock arrogance when it was utterly real.
My own feeling is that any kind of humility from an ambitious BB is as hollow as a ping-pong ball.
In fact, I

when I hear sportsmen or indeed anyone else at the top of their game, rattling on about how much they respect so-and-so, then so-and-so bats the respect right back at him (or her) until there's so much respect flying around, visibility is near zero.
Fuckin' puerile macho pricks.
TNBT
PS: ND, Hulkster, Sucky etc... I'd like to state that I respect each of your disparate views on Coleman/Yates, and for that matter any other subject.
But I'm always right so fuck off.