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Rob Nieboer [Visitor] in response to: Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, cements position as world's best athlete

Rob Nieboer [Visitor] — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:58:31 +0000

Rick Anderson claims to be "presently" the "world's best athlete!" What a joke. Have a look at his site - the most strenuous event he has in his events is a one minute skipping rope drill. Must be a competition for guys with beer bellies!

Rick Anderson [Visitor] in response to: Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, cements position as world's best athlete

Rick Anderson [Visitor] — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:01:04 +0000

To be the best all around athlete in the world you have to be good at all the major sports...and be able to perform skills from each to a higher average degree than anyone else.

Rick Anderson
(presently "Worlds Best Athlete")

www.worldsbestathlete.net

Rick [Visitor] in response to: Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, cements position as world's best athlete

Rick [Visitor] — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:43:06 +0000

Considering that golf is not a very athletic sport, its hard to seriously compare Woods to other athletes in more athletic sports. Compared to some of the beer-bellies who play golf, I guess you would have to admit that he looks to be in the best shape.

Richard [Visitor] in response to: Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, cements position as world's best athlete

Richard [Visitor] — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:46:32 +0000

A person possessing the natural or acquired traits, such as strength, agility, and endurance, that are necessary for physical exercise or sports, especially those performed in competitive contexts.

I think Tiger qualifies on all three counts, but the endurance is a different kind from a long distance runner or biker. While Lance has both strength and endurance, I am not sure biking requires agility. Certainly Michael J and Ali needed all three. Baseball players do not need endurance. Football players probably need strength and agility but endurance isn't needed as much as they get to rest between plays. Anyway, without clarifying what this discussion is all about the comparison between great athletes is a faulty exercise so why bother. We will never know whether Tiger could have been better than Lance, of Michael J had he taken on those sports.

Ghet Rheel [Visitor] in response to: Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, cements position as world's best athlete

Ghet Rheel [Visitor] — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:27:49 +0000

Ford

Gee, I guess I should have realized that the painfully obvious could actually sail right over your capacity to perceive.

There are two groups who gather on these blogs:
1. Wie Supporters.
2. Wie Bashers (including hypocrites who pretend to support MW - yeah, like you)

My direct quote was:
"Maybe Michelle? Who knows."
Ford, do you know what "maybe" and "who knows" means? Some of this stuff you can Google yourself.

If Michelle breaks through and wins on the men's tour at any time between now and, lets say the year 2035, then she will go down in golf history as one of golf's greats. I, and a number of other Wie Supporters, believe she may just do that.

THEREFOR:
"Maybe Michelle? Who knows."

Did you get any of that?

Oh, and the swear words? Very Manly - Most Impressive!

Ford [Visitor] in response to: Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, cements position as world's best athlete

Ford [Visitor] — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:16:31 +0000

"People like us feel sorry for people like you"

What a sad comment. This discussion is between me and you, adding "us" to make your argument seem stronger is pretty pathetic. Judging by your comments, I would be willing to bet you have never been a part of any group or "us" that anybody would give a shit about. Bet it makes you feel good to sit behind your computer and tell somebody off and pretend that you are part of a group for once in your sad little life.

For the record, I never said I didn't respect or recognize Michelle Wie's talent, I simply said that she doesn't belong in a conversation with the greats of the game--Find me somebody that disagrees with that statement and I'll concede you are part of an "us", you tiny insect.

Ghet Rheel [Visitor] in response to: Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, cements position as world's best athlete

Ghet Rheel [Visitor] — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:20:19 +0000

I think if TW had applied the same discipline, athleticism, and sheer-will to boxing (from a very young age, ala Ali) he'd have been another Sugar Ray Robinson.

Was Earl too smart to let that happen? Yes, of course.

Alex [Visitor] in response to: Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, cements position as world's best athlete

Alex [Visitor] — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:47:43 +0000

Boxing at the highest levels requires more skill, courage, endurance, tenacity, hand-eye coordination, strength, and agility, among other things, than any other athletic endeavor. The grueling training that a first-rate boxer undergoes is unrivaled in any sport. It is because of how strenuous boxing is that the sport has been the virtually exclusive property of the underprivileged in our society and worldwide, the poor if you will. I doubt very seriously if there is a golfer off any age who could briskly spar three three-minute rounds without being on the verge of collapse. My only experience in the "sweet science" as a competitor came close to forty years ago in interbrigade bouts in the USMC. Those battles were TOUGH. I doubt very seriously whether a guy like Woods, raised as he was as an only child of considerable privilege, would have or could have been a success as a boxer. He would have been a lot smarter than that. Golf is a hell of a lot easier and more lucrative than pro boxing and one can compete in golf quite successfully well into the 50's and even the 60's.