LeBron Guarantee

ok, so LeBron guarantees that the USA will win the Gold Medal in the Beijing Olympics. 1st of all, I, nor the NBA players selected, or should I say optioned to go to the Olympics this summer are making it seem like winning Gold in Beijing is a life linfg ambition, but at the same time, no one is going into the tournament thinking they're gonna loose. Lemme expand on that. NO player in ANY sport goes into any game thinking they're gonna lose. If you go into a game thinking you're gonna win, which any player on any level does, you are guaranteeing victory. I don't understand why people, ie. the media, more specifically ESPN, puts soo much emphasis on a guaranteed victory. 99% of the time its taken out of context, and 100% of the time it's on the mind of the players.
PLEASE...let's stop making a big deal about players guaranteeing victory, because like Herm Edwards says..HELLO! you Play, to win, the Game!