Greatness

It is human nature to seek out excitement, in that sense we are truly implacable creatures, in every aspect of our lives we search for this excitement, and will only be briefly appeased by it once we find it. It is this part of our nature that makes sports an integral part of our lives.  To almost every American, there is nothing greater than the stentorian roar as any particular team, or individual, exhibits unbelievable prowess at the absolute pinnacle of competition in their particular sport or game.  The greatest asset that any sport has to capture fans is its ability to create pageantry, and excitement.  The prowess needed to create this excitement is only truly possessed by a select few in every sport, in the decorum exhibited by Jack Nicklaus as he won his sixth green jacket, in the exuberance of Michael Jordan, under extreme duress, as he lead the Bulls in Game 5 of the 1997 Finals, or in the unbearable antipathy involved in the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry. A facsimile of this excitement cannot be found anywhere else, and is a major factor in what makes the greats, the greats.  In actuality, the importance to the fans, and the everyday person is nothing more than infinitesimal, but the excitement leads to true, palpable, unimaginable greatness, greatness that can truly live on forever in the memories of the fans who experienced it.