He was implicated in the Watergate scandal, and ultimately resigned. As he has said, he thought that normal rules did not apply to him, and that his excellence in his sport entitled him to whatever he wanted with no consequences.
We can see that in many famous real people such as the following: There is a common saying, abbreviated from the Book of Proverbs, that says, “Pride goeth before the fall.” The original King James version is, “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” This is a good definition of hubris, as generally the hubristic tendencies in a person or character, i.e., the lack of humility in that person, leads to their own downfall.