Yes I see what you mean. Frank Sinatra springs to mind among others. I just find it extraordinary that players can be motivated to ever achieve more when they have won everything. I read that less than 5% of professional footballers had appeared at Wembley. Obvious motivation there, I believe...
To expand further (indulge me) I find it extraordinary that players that have won 4 consecutive Premier League titles ending with the Treble of Premier League, FA Cup and European Cup can still have any hunger at all to keep improving. I can only put this down to the genius of Pep Guardiola who...
From memory Man Utd only achieved 3 consecutive titles once. A couple of 2 consecutive but City have achieved 4 consecutive titles. It would hardly be surprising if the tank was a little bit empty, running on fumes as they used to say. What worries me is that Sir Alex used to be relaxed about...