In what way?
State the blindingly obvious and what do you want - applause?
Are we all supposed to coo in admiration?
Check out posters from world war one, remember the 'old bold pilots' stuff. Anyone of any maturity will understand that people's attitiude is key to their performance in many ways.
Think of many of the so-called 'heroes' where there is a considerable undercurrent of negative comment in terms of their inability to relate to authority, colleagues, publicity etc...
Leopeards do not change their spots. Equally risk taking is unlikely to be compensated by raw skill. Read up on Bud Holland in the USAF, none of this is in any way new.