She Says You're Not There and I Should Take Care

Perhaps the vast majority of Americans can relate much more easily to an "everyman" figure like Rocco Mediate rather than the Olympian persona put forth by Tiger Woods, but in the question of relation versus aspiration, I, in the words of Lt. Sam Weinberg of A Few Good Men fame, will take Tiger Woods "everyday of the week and twice on Sunday."

In a period that has brought us instant messaging, multitasking, wireless distractions and attention deficit disorder, Woods has become the exemplar of mental discipline. After watching Woods walk stone-faced through a roaring crowd, the science writer Steven Johnson, in a typical comment, wrote: “I have never in my life seen a wider chasm between the look in someone’s eye and the surrounding environment.”

"The Frozen Gaze" by David Brooks of the New York Times.

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