you are soooooooooo wrong, Archie, hope is more important to billions of the planet's people than being successful. Hope is what is left when the future is bleak and filled with despair for the masses. Evidently you have not felt the bleakness and the desparity in your life, in that respect consider yourself very lucky, but remember, HOPE remains when nothing else remains. He much deserves this award for just that fact alone.