Penalty for arrogance?

I don't appreciate arrogant people in general and arrogant athletes in particular. Yet, there's a fine line that the top performer needs to navigate between staying humble and having enough self-confidence.

Just yesterday, Shaun White, the flamboyant - and yes – arrogant snowboarder, got his payback when he failed to even win a bronze medal at the Sochi half-pipe event. This hero bigger than life in a sport that has yet to mature and find its bearings, got the disastrous result he's been courting ever since he won his first Olympic Gold.

Call it bad karma, call it overconfidence or just being gently pushed away by the next generation; the bottom line is that he lost. And losing is terrible thing to experience when you are utterly convinced of your established superiority. A good lesson to remember!