Understanding the Drive

As we stood huddled around a small color TV, it was the winter Olympics of 1988 and Eddie the Eagle was about to do the 70m ski jump. I wondered why someone would endanger themselves to do something they were obviously afraid of and apparently not very good at. The worse he did, the more the crowd would roar their approval, winning the hearts of millions. I asked for many years, if anyone could explain this rather odd pattern of behavior both of the downhill skier and it's fans and someone remarked it's the drive you see, because they have to........................