What produces exceptional champions...

Tiger Woods won another major golf tournament yesterday and the discussion shifted on what makes some champion so great; that's when I surmised that perhaps the emergence of these super talents (in skiing, Ligety or Hischer) is simply because these top athletes are no longer competing against a field of competitors, but at that level, simply against their own selves.

They're on a quest to hone their utmost skills and extract the very best they're capable of. No tensed pressure, no undo stress, just seeking the very best their potential can produce...