Other team's fans psyche

[Ross12]

I don't remember where I got my signature from, but it has been there for most of my existence here.

Commonly attributed to Seneca the Younger, but is disputed. Per wikiquote:

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

• Has been attributed to Seneca since the 1990s (eg. Gregory K. Ericksen, (1999), Women entrepreneurs only: 12 women entrepreneurs tell the stories of their success, page ix.). Other books ascribe the saying to either Darrell K. Royal (former American football player, born 1924) or Elmer G. Letterman (Insurance salesman and writer, 1897-1982). However, it is unlikely either man originated the saying. A version that reads "He is lucky who realizes that luck is the point where preparation meets opportunity" can be found (unattributed) in the 1912 The Youth's Companion: Volume 86. The quote might be a distortion of the following passage by Seneca (who makes no mention of "luck" and is in fact quoting his friend Demetrius the Cynic):
  
  "The best wrestler," he would say, "is not he who has learned thoroughly all the tricks and twists of the art, which are seldom met with in actual wrestling, but he who has well and carefully trained himself in one or two of them, and watches keenly for an opportunity of practising them." — Seneca, On Benefits, vii. 1

 

[AtomicDawg]

I saw even today on FS1 Nick Wright said something similar about they keep getting lucky etc.

Speaking of the big nosed loser....

 

[neali]

This is a corollary to Arthur C Clarke's Third Law



Not understanding the technology of the Patriots success (preparation, planning, hard work, rigid high standards), they revert to magic(luck) as the explanation.

Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.