Today saw one reiterate his greatness while another became a champion after a great performance.

A young kid held a go Tiger banner along with a USA flag on it cheering Tiger on. That kid didn’t know it yet but he was forming emotional bonds with Tiger, golf and sport in general. The attachment means that we share the highs and lows of the sports persons and the teams we follow while we watch our sport. Tiger had no Earl to hug as he usually used to have. He cried and you couldn’t help but feel sad as well.

Even Deadspin cannot come up with a sarcastic comment after a perfect performance by Woods this week as they admit adding:

And we’ll probably not see anything like it again. Just minutes after he left the green, he did a television interview with barely any hints that he had just cried as hard as you’ll ever see anyone cry. It was amazing. No puffy eyes, red nose, wet cheeks. Just a couple of hard swallows, and other than that, all calm smiles.

Huge discipline apart from the hard work and talent is required to achieve what you do in sport. You do wonder at the composure and the discipline some of these sportspersons display outside the playing arena as well. For example, just look at Agassi answering questions thrown by media persons. Even the most outrageous questions are answered with cool finesee. The composure is staggering.

It is an exciting age to live in. Not only do we have Woods who will become the greatest sportsperson of our generation when he retires if things keep on going on track. We also have a Federer in tennis; Armstrong retired a year back and Schumacher is in the fag end of his career. Every generation produces it’s greats. However, I am sure that ages from now, people will marvel how these sportspersons could have been that good in a very competitive era.

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