“I've been putting more muscle on in training to make sure I'm getting bigger so when the opponents come, I know that I'm strong enough to hold them off, or that I won't get barged and I can barge them instead.”

Meaning

This reads as a blunt account of preparing the body for contact, force, and resilience. It can be taken to mean that physical confidence matters as much as skill, because the player wants to hold ground rather than be pushed around. It lands in a sport setting where strength training is part of learning to survive the next challenge.

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Originally said in English.

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