What is worse than someone who always wins?
Someone who knows they do and gloats over it.
There is no pleasure in watching these types. What we might otherwise admire is destroyed by the even greater contempt we have developed for them. So what if they are good? If they behave as if they rule the world, then it is not admirable.
There was a famous heavy weight boxer who modestly called himself “The Greatest”. Before his peak he was certainly mighty at his trade, and had some admirable qualities. “The Greatest” he was not. Past his peak, with body and mind going to seed, his title was an ironic joke. There was nothing left to admire.
What is admirable and praiseworthy is someone who, though excelling, is humble with it. They don’t strut around with self-importance badged on their chest. They only did their best. In these people we can admire the achievement, and also the person. We praise them on two accounts.
Albert Einstein, considered one of the greatest brains of recent centuries, wrote:
‘My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit, who reveals Himself in the...
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