I wasn't trying to...
what you say when you're too weak to admit you were trying. You're a spineless piece of garbage who thinks everyone feels sorry for you. You were trying, you were just too much of a coward to show it.
'I wasn't trying, I was just being kind,' he said after getting pummeled in a fight by a guy who still had a snack in his hand.
'I wasn't trying, I was just being polite,' he said after getting beaten in a wrestling match by a guy who still had his shoes on.
'I wasn't trying, I was just being smart,' he said after getting destroyed in a game of COD by a guy who still uses a keyboard.