Behind every great man there is woman. Often quite true. Either wife, mistress, mother or sister. Some so called great men have basically been just the figurehead through who the powerful and ambitious used power. For some great/powerful men the woman was their most important advisor and also conscience. Look what happened to Zimbabwe after Mugabe's first wife Sally died in 1992. And for some great men the woman behind them is the main support for them and/or the main factor that whips the man forward. "A good predictor of success in a man is a good relationship" Both extremes have the same effect. Either he has really good relationship or totally abysmal. Though the good relationship with mother might result more stabile natured great man. Many great men have been literally beaten and kicked forward by their mothers.

oh yeah, dozens of them

Haha, mathematically it is true :p

yes i believed for what you said you can see it from history about those great man.. cowboy...

A good predictor of success in a man is a good relationship with his mother. It is similarly true for women and their fathers.