Come again, Housh?

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(06-09-2015, 11:03 PM)Toy Cannon Wrote: From Hobson's article about Houshmandzadeh:

“It’s a different culture,” Houshmandzadeh said. “These guys have come into a winner. When I came in, we were trying to become winners. The guys that were older than me, they were worse than me outside football. I get the impression the guys that are coming in now, they’re coming into guys that are more serious. It’s just a different culture. You can see it. You can talk to certain guys and see what they’re like outside football. Winning breeds a different environment. Winning solves a lot.”

Can anyone help me understand the bolded sentence?

Probably talking about guys that didn't take their profession seriously, so they were out partying, doing whatever. Being on a perennial loser tends to sap your will to improve.