Is this not another example of the "10,000 hours to be good" meme that's been floating about for a while? Desire gets you going, and of course it's good to have talent, but then practice and luck... Doesn't work with everything (no way I was ever going to play roundball well, but I could nicely handle soccer), but it's always amazing to see it when it works.

This should be read by everybody thinking an overnight sensation merely took one night.