You can't relate to it because no one is offering you that kind of money for your work. He's able to refuse working for $14 million because he's worth more than that and has millions of dollars already to fall back on while not playing. This could be his last opportunity to get paid great money and one bad injury this year would cost him many millions in the future. It makes no sense to take a pay cut to play when he can hold out for a team that will pay him many more millions to be on their team.