But even just a few lapses of concentration in the past have cost him dearly, and he has the scars to prove it.
Winifred Mitchell Baker has all the scars of the netscape-microsoft browser war of the late 1990s.
Emory University researcher Bill Hopkins says he has more bonobo scars than chimp scars on his body.
The U.S. Gulf of Mexico is a different story, while the region is poised for quick growth, the ripple effects of the Summer 2010 Macondo well accident has left big scars, both for Transocean and BP.
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This is to deny neither the epic scale of the Irish property bust nor the visible and not-so-visible scars it has left behind (see article).
It has left me with mental scars which could have been alleviated with kindness and compassion and understanding.
With those battle scars in what has worked and what hasn't, we can make a bigger difference than a single CEO with a checkbook and a scientific idea.
The far closer working relationship between the Foreign Office and the Quai d'Orsay established in 1991 with the break-up of Yugoslavia has meant that the old scars from the failed collaboration over Suez in 1956 have largely healed.
"It is beyond debate that slavery has caused tremendous suffering and ineliminable scars throughout our nation's history, " Judge Charles R Norgle said in his ruling.
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The details of that event are carved in my memory by an emotional chisel that has left permanent, deep-rutted scars.
But this country has spent far too long worried about scars and thinking about the scars and concentrating on the scars.
The FBI has also started collecting mug shots and pictures of scars and tattoos.
Only scars remain from the surgery, and he now has full function of his hand.
Georgia has a broken tail, and her legs and snout are covered with scars.
That has long been the lament of former athletes: bad knees, bad back and nagging body aches are the battle scars of weekend warriors.
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