Top 3 Favorite Athletes...

[BradTGIF]

...of all time.

It's a topic that's been covered o'plenty, but always worthy of a re-set. Any sport, any nationality, any discipline. Last thing I want for this thread is for it dissolve into the "what defines an athlete" debate. Anything goes. I want to learn.

Mine in no particular order:

1. Derek Poundstone (Strongman)
2. Steve Yzerman (Hockey)
3. Shaun White (Olympic/Xgames Snowboarding)

Honorable Mentions go to Clay Matthews and Barry Sanders (football), Kenny Bradshaw (big wave surfing)...

Now you go

[system]

too.hard.cannot.

[smh23]

Lionel Messi (Soccer), Ricky Williams (in college), and of course Jordan

[Totenkopf]

Bill Romanowski,Mirko Crocop,and Fedor Emelianko.

[lytw8]

1. Derek Poundstone (Strongman)
2. Jarred Allen (NFL)
3. Brian Urlacher (NFL)

Honorable Mentions
Big Z
Travis Ortmayer
Hussain Bolt
GSP

[byukid]

Ussain Bolt
Matthias Steiner (for the story alone)
Jerry Rice

[gregron]

Totenkopf wrote:
Bill BROmanowski,Mirko BROcop,and Fedor EmeliankBRO.

I see a trend here^^

[shawn105]

Barry Sanders, Jordan, Fedor EMeliananko

[JaX_Un]

Phillip Rivers
L.T.
Tony Gwynn

suck it.

[DBCooper]

Joe Montana
Jerry Rice
Brian Wilson (subject to change)

[Totenkopf]

gregron wrote:

Totenkopf wrote:
Bill BROmanowski,Mirko BROcop,and Fedor EmeliankBRO.

I see a trend here^^

Lol,Bill and Mirko was clever but I think your pushing it with Fedor. Ha.

[heavythrower]

1.sugar ray robinson
2.vasili alexeyev
3.aleksandr karelin

Alexeyev was a 2 time gold medal winner, and 9 time world champion, and set over 80 world records.

Karelin was a 3 time gold medalist and 9 time world champion, but in 13 years, not only was he undefeated, but DID NOT HAVE A SINGLE POINT scored against him.

It is hard to comprehend this level of dominance on an INTERNATIONAL level in sports that are practiced at such a high level in so many countries.

Sugar Ray? What can I say...200 fights, 173 wins, 106 KO's, this was in an era which fighters were not protected like today, the best fought the best all the time...Sugar Ray WAS boxing...

[heavythrower]

" there was never a day my muscles did not ache, if they did not ache I thought there was something wrong with me. I had to make every muscle in my body ache every day or I could not relax. I felt ill if I was not in pain from training, see what an unusual person I am"?

Vasili Alexeyev

pure gold.

[strungoutboy21]

JaX Un wrote:
Phillip Rivers
L.T.
Tony Gwynn

suck it.

Haha, nice.

I won't be as much as a homer as you..

Tony Gwynn
Ken Griffey Jr.
Michael Jordan

[Daniel_San]

Jón Páll Sigmarsson
Muhammad Ali
Bill Kazmeier

[JLD2k3]

1. Michael Jordan
2. Barry Sanders
3. Pete Maravich

[Ct_Rockula]

Darryl Starwberry

[Steel_Nation]

Mario Lemieux
Michael Jordan
James Harrison

[admbaum]

just 3? ...thats tough

AnersonSilva
GSP
Manny Pacquiao

[DeltaOne]

1 - Poundstone
2 - Pudzianowski
3 - Konstantinovs