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>Pete Sampras didn't possess more talent than Andre Agassi, but he won 14 grand slams to Agassi's eight because he worked harder and more steadily. And how man
by xiaoma 17y ago
>Pete Sampras didn't possess more talent than Andre Agassi, but he won 14 grand slams to Agassi's eight because he worked harder and more steadily.
And how many hard-working tennis players failed to match Agassi's eight?
Also for all the talk attempting to downplay the importance of intelligence, the article did say:
>"Studies of chess masters and highly successful artists, scientists and musicians usually find their IQs to be above average, typically in the 115 to 130 range, where some 14 per cent of the population reside"
Coincidence alone couldn't explain such a concentration at the high end... and yet from the rest of the article, no concession whatsoever is made to this fact. It's very hard to put much faith in the conclusions the author came to.