Question: Is the author discrediting natural talent? Is he saying character is more important? or that talent comes from character?
Comment: After reading this it seems like the two most important qualities to an athlete are humility and character. Another good way to describe those players who have both of those is a clutch player. Clutch is a term used to describe a player who can deliver during difficult situations like play off games or when trying to make a come-from behind victory. But I'll go more into that later. In the case of this quote, and there are plenty of examples of both ends of the clutch character spectrum. On the not-so-good end of the spectrum, we have LeBron James. Coming out of high school, LeBron James was one of the most talented new players to ever come into the NBA and earned the nick name King James the Chosen One. He went to a rather poorly skilled, Cleveland Cavilers team and out-shined the rest of his team mates, but was accused of not being a clutch player by the media after seemingly giving up during the NBA playoffs. But he got the benefit of the doubt because he was on a slightly lack-luster team.
He then went to the Miami Heat, a team full of skilled players and the championship favorite going into the season. They played through the season, and low and behold they made it to the playoffs. In fact they made it all the way to the championship series. They dominated the earlier games against the Dallas Mavericks, but soon enough the Chosen One would become the Frozen one. Its a seven game series and the Mavericks made a come back to win the championship. If you look on the other end of the court the one who showed the most character and clutch skill was Dirk Nowitzki of the Mavericks, he scored the majority of the points for a seemingly outmatched team. Dirk Nowitzki is a very talented player but compared to James, he receives about as much attention as he received in this blog post.
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