These were the words expressed by the incredibly strong will and no-nonsense attitude of one history's most famous men, , who was courageous and quick-witted and also very good with people. But most of all, he was a gambler who knew how to calculate the odds. Willing to stake everything he had, even his own life, on a chance to win big in the game of politics, he was very sure of himself. So sure of himself to be considered arrogant on most occasions. The story goes a little something about how he was captured by pirates while still a young ma ....