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Post by johnboy14 on Jun 16, 2008 20:59:42 GMT
He just won his 14th major at the US open and at times he looked in terrible pain with his knee. This man has to be the greatest example of a sporting icon in professional sport, him and federer at least.
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Post by nicksaballa on Jun 16, 2008 22:48:50 GMT
Federer just got Ass raped/ slapped in the face, then spat on a few weeks go. Tiger is grrreat but he is not the cool headed man he used to be. He throws hissy fits and chucks clubs around when he miss hits shots
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Post by Supatrice> on Jun 16, 2008 23:56:55 GMT
Golf isn't a proper sport though is it? Terrible pain in his knee and he played on lol what he walked around, )if that considering they usually use those little karts and have someone else carry their clubs) not exactly heroic is it?
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Post by Marwick on Jun 17, 2008 0:26:21 GMT
of course its a proper sport, walking or not it lasts 4 hours and is very mentally draining.
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Post by jigglymarina on Jun 17, 2008 15:52:17 GMT
Of course golf is a proper sport! It's more of a sport than snooker, if you ask me  But what about Michael Jordan? I think he's the ultimate sportsman, just consider some of the titles and trophies he's won: 6 x NBA Champion (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 1998) 5x NBA MVP (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998) 14x NBA All-Star (1985-1993, 1996-1998, 2002-2003) 6x NBA Finals MVP (1991-1993, 1996-1998) 1x NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1988) 10x All-NBA First Team Selection (1987-1993, 1996-1998) 1985 NBA Rookie of the Year 1985 NBA All-Rookie Team 3x NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998) ... and the list just keeps going... |
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Post by johnboy14 on Jun 17, 2008 17:42:40 GMT
When I talk about the ultimate sportsman, I don't necessarily mean of the past but more in the present. TIger woods is the most dominate sportsman of his generation, 14 majors and closing jacks all the times. Its not just his sporting genius I respect but his professionalism and attitude towards sport and greatness in modern sport. If you want to inspire your kids in sport people like tiger woods, roger federer are the examples in which to do that, you can't say that about alot of footballers. Footballers don't make great role models anymore. For me Tiger woods is the greatest sportsman of my life time, I remember winners like schumacher and sampras but woods achieves incredible things in a sport that is extremely hard to be consistent at.
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Post by Vidic's Bitch ! on Jun 17, 2008 17:49:31 GMT
When I talk about the ultimate sportsman, I don't necessarily mean of the past but more in the present. TIger woods is the most dominate sportsman of his generation, 14 majors and closing jacks all the times. Its not just his sporting genius I respect but his professionalism and attitude towards sport and greatness in modern sport. If you want to inspire your kids in sport people like tiger woods, roger federer are the examples in which to do that, you can't say that about alot of footballers. Footballers don't make great role models anymore. For me Tiger woods is the greatest sportsman of my life time, I remember winners like schumacher and sampras but woods achieves incredible things in a sport that is extremely hard to be consistent at. Nadal is getting the better of Federer,he destroys him on clay,and he'll beat him at wimbledon this year. |
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Post by johnboy14 on Jun 17, 2008 18:03:12 GMT
When I talk about the ultimate sportsman, I don't necessarily mean of the past but more in the present. TIger woods is the most dominate sportsman of his generation, 14 majors and closing jacks all the times. Its not just his sporting genius I respect but his professionalism and attitude towards sport and greatness in modern sport. If you want to inspire your kids in sport people like tiger woods, roger federer are the examples in which to do that, you can't say that about alot of footballers. Footballers don't make great role models anymore. For me Tiger woods is the greatest sportsman of my life time, I remember winners like schumacher and sampras but woods achieves incredible things in a sport that is extremely hard to be consistent at. Nadal is getting the better of Federer,he destroys him on clay,and he'll beat him at wimbledon this year. Nadal hasn't done it on anyother surface yet so I refuse to call him great just yet. Yes nadal spanked him but federer is the grass court king, Nadal has the power and attitude to win so maybe your right. |
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Post by Vidic's Bitch ! on Jun 17, 2008 18:10:08 GMT
Nadal is getting the better of Federer,he destroys him on clay,and he'll beat him at wimbledon this year. Nadal hasn't done it on anyother surface yet so I refuse to call him great just yet. Yes nadal spanked him but federer is the grass court king, Nadal has the power and attitude to win so maybe your right. Yeah but you just contradicted yourself  Federer has never been great on clay,he is great on grass tho and its the opposite for Nadal,great on clay good on grass. |
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Post by 20Times on Jun 17, 2008 19:22:15 GMT
If anyone is the ultimate sports man it is Sir Stanley Matthews I mean how often do you see someone play till their 50 nowdays ?
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Post by With The Brass He Is Class.. on Jun 17, 2008 19:23:32 GMT
Its got to be Lance Armstrong. He won the Tour de France seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. Previous to this achievement, he also survived testicular cancer, a germ cell tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs in 1996. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery and extensive chemotherapy.
Probably the best sportsman ever.
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Post by Gapi on Jun 17, 2008 19:31:10 GMT
Its got to be Lance Armstrong. He won the Tour de France seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. Previous to this achievement, he also survived testicular cancer, a germ cell tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs in 1996. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery and extensive chemotherapy. Probably the best sportsman ever. Good call. |
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Post by johnboy14 on Jun 17, 2008 21:30:54 GMT
Nadal hasn't done it on anyother surface yet so I refuse to call him great just yet. Yes nadal spanked him but federer is the grass court king, Nadal has the power and attitude to win so maybe your right. Yeah but you just contradicted yourself Federer has never been great on clay,he is great on grass tho and its the opposite for Nadal,great on clay good on grass. he's won the the us open and australian open a load of times so He has done it on other surfaces, not contradiction. |
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Post by Supatrice> on Jun 17, 2008 21:39:49 GMT
In my opinion a proper sport needs to be physically demanding, and requires you to be in peak physical condition whilst having the element of skill as well. No doubt there's a lot of skill in golf but there's skill in tiddlywinks, I wouldn't call that a sport. I think if you include Woods then you'd have to include the dominant Bowls player over the last 10 years.
I'm gunna opt for Ryan Giggs!
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Post by Nailer on Jul 3, 2008 17:37:12 GMT
Golf isn't a proper sport though is it? Terrible pain in his knee and he played on lol what he walked around, )if that considering they usually use those little karts and have someone else carry their clubs) not exactly heroic is it? Sigh... Its difficult to say this without being majorly offensive, but that is one of the most ignorant comments I've ever seen on here. Golf isn't a "proper sport"? Just, wow. |
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