Eye of the Tiger

I'm watching the men's halfpipe of the Olympics on TV.

It's the finals.

It's the 2nd/final run and there are two skiers left... Shaun White and Scott Lago.

The standings are Shaun White in 1st, some other guy in 2nd, Scott Lago in 3rd....

Scott Lago is at the top ready to go, knowing he already has the bronze but could potentially move up to silver (or gold, but let's be real)...

That's when it happened.

The commentator said "As some of us in the business like to say, he needs to reach down deep for the eye of the tiger."

uh.... what?

Was he trying to break the tension by creating humor? I mean, seriously?

reach down deep for the EYE OF THE TIGER???? What, exactly, is the eye of the tiger?

I played the song "Eye of The Tiger" in 5th grade on the piano at the elementary school recital. A long long time ago. So many years ago that Scott Lago was not even born. It was 1984/85. He was born in 1987.

There's also a gem called Tiger Eye. Sometimes I like to use tiger eye beads when I make a necklace.

Those are my only two experiences with eyes of tiger.

Maybe he meant when Tiger Woods gives a girl the eye and she can't resist and becomes mistress number 14?

Mysterious.

And hysterical!