Speaking to William Quandt, an old schoolmate of Ben Bella’s recalled how he had been “a good soccer player, but he never forgot the galleries. He wanted to be number one. Ben Bella always wanted his team-mates to pass him the ball so that he could score. He was the same way in politics.”

XREF: Connects leadership psychology to formative analogues — early competitive behavior as predictor of political ambition.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1639