Great Athletes of All Time. Part one.

Though there are some; there are few arguments against the choices in this months poll to the right. Biased? Yes! My blog: My Poll. Nice feeling. But seriously in each caegory or discipline of those selected it is my belief that they are or were the best. Many would argue they are on the list based on having an enormously high level of talent. I think if you interviewed them and got them to be completely honest they would not give credit to talent but to harder work than anyone in their respective discipline. Harder work on the details, harder study of their contemporaries and more historical knowledge than anyone around and just a more intense concentration on mastering their craft. They also had better support systems around them that was built on achieving the very highest level. They also shere the quality of taking things into their own hands. They took guidance from their coaches and matched that guidance with their training and instincts. They didn' need to be guided through every step of the competition during the game. They took ownership responsibility of their wins, losses, and everything in between. They spent more time learning about their competition than anyone else was willing to learn. They not only brought their best to the game, they knew every move that would be used against them. Based on this, they could be pre-emptive and stay on the offensive. The next step involved in this circle is that they were therefore able to remain in ther own game and carry out their own plans. The athhlete that accepts that another is better is doomed from the start. It is perfectly fine to respect anothers abilities, but never to accept that they are better. To do that would be to give up an advantage prior to competing. They don't use goals to hope for something to happen, they use goals to change their behavior and constantly reset their path.