ESPN did a rare well-done (for them) article several years ago detailing how extreme his behavior became, including jumping out of planes and running for miles daily in combat boots

I think I found that article. It's this one, right?

The point is that greatness skates on a razor's edge

Very true. It doesn't take much by way of adversity to turn a tightly wound genius into a shaky neurotic.

Taking the Red Pill now makes me wonder if his wife would be as supportive if he wasn't Roger Fucking Federer, but merely say the 10th best player in the world, or worse, 150th.

This is a very good point. However, it is worth remembering that Mirka Vavrinec first met Federer when he was, like, 17- when he was screaming and smashing his racquet on the tennis court. Apparently she rolled her eyes and sarcastically remarked, "yeah, he's a great player, isn't he?!?", or words to that effect.

I'm not saying that Mirka was not, and is not, hypergamous. Of course she is. She's a woman, that's her default setting. But she did what very, very few women ever do these days in the West: she found a man with tremendous potential, bet on him, invested in him, and helped him forge his path to greatness.

It is as you said- she helped make a great man. She could easily have destroyed him, the way that the WAGs of other formerly great athletes have done.

It was once a foregone conclusion that Tiger Woods would catch Nicklaus. But Tiger's rock, his father, passed away and he slowly unraveled, and I doubt he's ever great again (ESPN did a rare well-done (for them) article several years ago detailing how extreme his behavior became, including jumping out of planes and running for miles daily in combat boots). The point is that greatness skates on a razor's edge, and as delicious as it is to predict future success, it's much better to simply enjoy it now. It may never come again.

Taking the Red Pill now makes me wonder if his wife would be as supportive if he wasn't Roger Fucking Federer, but merely say the 10th best player in the world, or worse, 150th. Women can help make a great man, or destroy him. I doubt we'll ever hear any stories from the MSM of how good it is and how happy it makes Mrs. F to stand behind her husband's ascent to greatness, rather than daily combat him over trivial shit, because "equality".