From Antigone, by the classical Greek playwright Sophocles, the wise Teiresias observes “Think: all men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repair the evil: the only crime is pride.” I disagree with Teiresias observation owing to the fact that there are many many athletes, celebrities, and successful people that owe their success to their pride. Professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., UFC fighter Conor McGregor, and musician and fashion designer Kanye West, all due to their extensive amount of pride have succeeded in life and made a living. Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr.’s pride assisted him to become one of the greatest and wealthiest athletes in the world. When he was a teen he dropped out of high school to concentrate on his passion. Many people didn’t believe he could make it but he never let them destroy his pride and confidence. Once Mayweather became a professional boxer his pride came into play by causing so much attention to himself with his luxurious life and his smack talking skills. This made him more vulnerable to fight with better boxers and get more pay-per-view…show more content… Kanye was a producer who would get refused by many to rap. They’d tell him to stay in his lane but he refused. He has now sold over 21 million albums and 66 million album downloads. He outshined many by doing everything he wanted and not caring about others opinions. Years later he aspired to be a fashion designer and asked many companies for help and resources, including Nike and Louis Vuitton, all said no except for Adidas. Since then Kanye’s fashion line has been a success, he’s been awarded with the shoe of the year award and was on the cover of TIME’s magazine for being on the list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Kanye now feels so much pride that he feels he can do anything he wants. His prideful actions is what got him here today, he will never quit for what he
