Why do they continue to participate in tournaments when they already have so many major titles to their credit? What it is that we see deep in their eyes as they continue the climb to ever-grater heights of skill and achievement? Even on who has captures first prize in the BASSMASTER CLASSIC, the highest honor in the world of fishing-such a victory serves merely as a passion point in their career. They fulfill sponsorship obligations, practice diligently, carry out painstaking reserch and execute assignments whithout complaint. Yet that eagerness, that sense of anticipation with which they await each tournament test the limits of their mental strength, heightening the senses. It is an obsesson with possibility, with the endless quest for excellence, which makes the everyday world seem ordinary to the point of confusion. Stubbornly they face many conflicts as they follow that path of dedication, sworn to their principles with a drive to compete. To survive in an ongoing battle, one must make use of everything-even simple frustrations-as if it were a key advantage and motivation. Surrounded by admiring eyes that easily turn cold, and faces with a fear so great that it threatens to wreck their composure, they striving for the near-impossible, pushing themselves to the absolute limit of human ability. Their lives convey a certain something, an inspiration, that words are powerless to describe. It's what we see in thier eyes. We will follow in that timeless devotion, devided by the fires of passion alight in their eyes.