See?

Alright, just remember, it’s not a good thing for a player to ride the pine too much. It’s not something to enjoy. I mean, if you ride the pine a lot and even gets to enjoy it, as if you’re riding a wooden horse in the amusement park, then you must be a lazy player who doesn’t enjoy working hard.

That way, you won’t go far – except to the far end of the bench, i.e. becoming the least important player on the team.

Happily, in our example, Harold is the opposite. He is a hard worker. Even though as a young player he rides the pine initially, when he also serves as water boy by bringing cups of water to his seniors and those playing, he works his way up the playing ladder – eventually getting a chance to shine at “the big game.”

Now, more recent media examples of players riding the pine, or warming the bench for one reason or another:

1. This is what you can expect when you punch a head the size of Montana (just ask Daniel Cormier).

This too.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight hurter Mark Hunt will be riding the pine for quite some time, after shattering the bones in his hand in the five-round main event bloodbath he had against Antonio Silva at last Friday night's (Dec. 6, 2013) mixed martial arts (MMA) event at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Queensland, Australia.

See for yourself.

“The Super Samoan” has an entire gallery of hand repair pics on his official Facebook page here.

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