The worse you feel about yourself, the more you begin to pantasize about what you're capable of. So that's your mind's way of actually protecting you from that shame. The focus of that statement is actually not on other people. He wants to be an example for others. It's actually a deeply egotistical statement,. Like, you want to be the inspiration for them. Ser longtom: Do you think that richard had, after last week, been transformed and become superman, versus richard's stumbling after ten days?