“What It Takes to Be Great,” made by Geoff Colvin was published Fortune October 30, 2006. The topic of this article was what it takes to become great. Researchers wanted to find out how people became or become great. These researchers would look at the backgrounds of sport players and see what they did to become who they are today. A common belief that people used to think about how people became great was that you are born with greatness. Well Colvin proved that you are not born with it. You have to practice deliberately to become greater and better. You have to have the right to be disciplined, be dedicated, and have a strong mind. Colvin says that an example is to practice constantly not sporadically. Like Jerry Rice, he was denied by 15