http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cycling/end-of-the-ride-for-lance-armstrong-20140303-33yfu.html
Today, I'll be talking a bit about the negative aspects of ambition. In this article, a description of Lance Armstrong's rise to success, fame, and wealth, and his ultimate failure. If you don't already know the story of Lance, here it is: Lance was born in 1971 and slowly made his way up in the cycling world. After ten years of professional cycling and millions of dollars in contracts, he contracts testicular cancer that spread to the rest of his body in 1996. This was also the year that he was ranked the number one cyclist in the world. In 1999, he comes back and wins the Tour de France. Up to 2005, he wins 7 Tours de France. In 2012, after being named one of Time's most influential people of all time, he is accused of using performance-enhancing drugs. He tests positive and is stripped of many of his medals that he has won through over 20 years of cycling.

This type of story replays itself all throughout history. This includes professional athletes of every sport, politicians, CEOs of companies, royal families, and religious leaders. People who are good at what they do will always try to take things to far. Athletes take PEDs, CEOs steal from employees, politicians lie, and so on. Although ambition is an admirable trait, when people use dishonestly to get to the top, their position isn't deserved. If Lance had not taken drugs, he might not have been as good of a cyclist as he was, but all of history will look upon him now as the man that cheated. No matter what his accomplishments, they will be overlooked because of his dishonesty. So remember children: cheaters never prosper, and if they do, they'll be caught eventually.