Is Tiger the Greatest Athelete Ever?

[GrandPa]

I still say nobody could touch Jim Thorpe

[packer34]

According to Websters an athlete is:

a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or stamina

How are golfers not athletes than?

Your telling me John Daly's an athelete, the guys a fat smoken pig!

[flarendep1]

OK,

A few things first, I would book any bets from you guys who think that Tiger cant dunk a basketball. He is 6'1" and ripped. He runs 2-5 miles a day, I think his legs are strong enough. Many of you dont know that when he was at Stanford, all athletes go through a school fitness test. Pound for pound, he rated as the #1 top athlete in the school, including all football, basketball and other sports so dont try to say he is not an athlete and golf is not a sport. Tiger could bench twice his weight in college, he is a fitness freak and has changed the game. I rank him as a top 5 athlete of all time. He will rewrite all the records when he is done.

Now, NAscar drivers are tremendous athletes! This is true boys and I am not even a redneck.

Try driving for 4-5 hours in a flameproof sweatsuit, in a car that is around 130 degrees. Then you are undergoing tremendous G-forces in those turns. And what a test of nerves. Notice you dont see many old drivers out there. Those drivers have steel balls.

[spreadman]

He is the best at his sport.. And that is all..

[garth]

I coudln't think of the right word...I meant greatest sports person ever...I've played almost every sport you can think of, and after 13 yrs of playing golf and still not being that great, I'm convinced golf is the hardest of them all

I understand your point, Jimmy. I'm a mediocre athlete but I did manage to achieve some degree of competence in just about every sport I've tried over the years... football, martial arts, baseball, tennis. Golf is the exception for me. I've played the game for 30+ years, taken lessons, practiced, etc. and I am still nothing but a hacker. Golf is such a mental game.

[tash]

NO ! I would have to say Maurice Richard or Guy Lafluer ....JMHO






signed,
chado

[jcindaville]

No he is not the greatest athlete ever. He plays golf

[BrezzeEaze]

I understand your point, Jimmy. I'm a mediocre athlete but I did manage to achieve some degree of competence in just about every sport I've tried over the years... football, martial arts, baseball, tennis. Golf is the exception for me. I've played the game for 30+ years, taken lessons, practiced, etc. and I am still nothing but a hacker. Golf is such a mental game.

Totally agree, the mental aspect of golf (along with practice, practice parctice) is really what separtes the hacker from the professional. Tiger is real deal and one of the best athletes of our time.

[Chado1]

According to Websters an athlete is:

a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or stamina

Based on this above definition hockey players are the most ultimate "ALL AROUND" athletes of any sport in the world IMO....

Funny how Wayne Gretzky isnt mentioned in here....he is the best athlete of all time...

[kbsooner21]

Funny how Wayne Gretzky isnt mentioned in here....he is the best athlete of all time...

Give me a break...

[Chado1]

Give me a break...

Maybe not best athlete of all time cause that is a pretty broad or bold question but he is the best hockey player of all time that is for sure....

[Chado1]

Give me a break...

Also the part the you deleted from my quote is very true...professional hockey players are the most all around athletes based on that definition IMO....

[weazel079]

Carl Lewis or any of the other great track athletes.

[weazel079]

Deion Sanders aint to bad of an athlete either.

[Chado1]

I know I am Canadian and love hockey and may be biased but if you put all that aside and look at everything that an all around good hockey player does from both the finesse aspect to the physical side aswell while doing it all on skates I think its pretty phenomenal IMO....