To understand the psychology of a superior fencer you have to understand the essence of what all fencing is.

Michael Jordan made it look easy. Pete Sampras made it look easy. Tiger Woods, Katarina Witt, and Jose Torres have all made what they do look easy.

You will probably never be Olympic Champion. It's a statistical truth. Of all the people in the world who fence, only one person every four years (per individual event, naturally) can be Olympic Champion.