| In any sport, there are always players that never fail to | | | | athlete is no other than Cassius Clay, more popularly |
| shine. They have been able to be role models to | | | | known as Muhammad Ali. Some people argue that he |
| athletes all over the world, and have achieved great | | | | may have been the greatest athlete to ever walk the |
| feats in their respective sports. For any aspiring athlete, | | | | earth. While that is debatable, it is no question that he is |
| looking at the careers of these great players truly | | | | one of the greatest. His speed combined with power |
| serve inspirational. They even would help getting kids | | | | overwhelmed his opponents in boxing, but one of his |
| off the street because of the sheer greatness they | | | | best weapons was his ability to intimidate. People |
| exude. Whether they encourage people to engage in | | | | would usually see him very arrogant before a match, |
| sports consciously or unconsciously, | | | | and he would start bashing his opponents with his |
| Bo Jackson | | | | words. This doesn't mean that he was overconfident, |
| He is arguably the best athlete ever. One of the | | | | but this was his way of getting into the mind of his |
| greatest things ever achieved in sports was for him to | | | | opponent. This is a tactic that is employed by a lot of |
| play in two different sports and actually do well in | | | | great athletes, but it is hard to pull of for the ones that |
| them. He was named an all-star in both the NFL and | | | | cannot back it up. |
| Major League Baseball. It's hard enough to shine and | | | | Michael Jordan |
| be an all-star in one sport, what more in two? | | | | In basketball, he was given a lot of nicknames such as |
| Dan Marino | | | | "his airness", "superman" and the one that probably fits |
| When mentioning the NFL or American football in | | | | him best, "the greatest". Although he is now regarded |
| general, it is hard not to think about the name Dan | | | | to be the greatest player to ever play the game of |
| Marino. Although he never won a Super Bowl for the | | | | basketball, it wasn't always the though in the minds of |
| Miami Dolphins, he is regarded to be one of the | | | | people. He was cut from his high school team, and he |
| greatest quarter backs in the history of the NFL. He | | | | was only 3rd overall when he was drafted in the NBA. |
| held numerous records (some of which are already | | | | He wasn't always the best in basketball, but his |
| broken) such as most yards passing, most seasons, | | | | competitiveness and his drive to win were the crucial |
| 40 or more touchdown passes, most seasons leading | | | | factors that got him to where he is today. Whether |
| the league in completions, and the list goes on and on. | | | | there is a player that will be able to surpass the feats |
| Muhammad Ali | | | | and achievement of his airness is yet to be seen, and |
| "Floats like a butterfly stings like a bee" is one of the | | | | probably something that won't happen too soon. |
| most famous quotes made by an athlete and this | | | | |