Headlong push for excellence exacts a price THE cliff that Australian sport is running (peptide-fuelled) towards appears not on the horizon but within hand's reach for one reason: the push for excellence. While someone has the potential to run faster than he has presently clocked he is considered less than perfect until he does. If a footballer can cover more ground in a game than he does then coaches and sport scientists will seek to perfect him. And he will run further for longer. And that's excellent.