Without the teeth of a threat, it admits weakness.
It is rare for a professional athlete to admit weakness, but this is what Sparks does.
The group is shocked, but then each man at the table admits his own human failing or weakness.
If we allow our sportsmen and women space to admit weakness, then a tragedy such as Enke's could in future be avoided.
He is not a man who would readily flee trouble-or admit weakness.
But to take that day would be to admit weakness to their peers.
The most important thing for a follower of Grolantor is to never admit weakness, and to crush the weak.
She would not admit weakness, but the alternative was terrible enough.
No one likes to admit weakness, and we have all done it.
"Would I admit such weakness to you, if it were not true?"