Champions Traits Story and photos by Dwight Drum
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Other Sports Champions & Contenders
THE QUESTION: Do champions have common traits and abilites and if so could you identify a few?
Davis Love III, 19-time PGA winner
"They definitely do. Certainly the thing that ties every level of sports together is the mental aspect. The guys who do the best job mentally certainly in golf or racing you're getting top athletes. You're getting guys who are physically prepared. More and more athletes in every sport are in the gym physically training and in better shape. Mentally is the difference. The guys who think they are going to win, do the right things mentally are the ones going to come out on top. And certainly the pressure of racing and the pressure of trying to win a PGA tour event, it really comes down to the mental side. "When I sit down with Kyle Petty or some of my friends in racing and talk about comparing sports, it's mostly on the mental side."