“Sometimes it's good to remind ourselves that these are not, after all, super men and women. They are human beings of remarkable skills and strength but frailer than most emotionally - because of their huge commitment of ego and ambition, and because the competition at their level of performance is so relentless.”

Comment: Also applicable to people in the uppermost reaches of corporate management

Source: Jim Klobuchar, 'Swiss Air': The ski jumper who astonished himself, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb 2002, http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0215/p01s02-ussc.html