Greatness in sports is a status that only very few reach, however to be labeled the greatest athlete of all time is for that one soul individual who excels at all aspects of the game and exceeds every other player in that sport. In my exploratory essay I established what makes an athlete the greatest athlete of all time. In the following paragraph I am going to summarize what makes an athlete the greatest athlete of all time. For the sake of the argument to follow I am going to stick with just the NFL. When I look at the NFL one name comes to mind when thinking about the greatest NFL player of all time. His name is Tom Brady. Tom Brady is the greatest of all time. Before I can argue that Tom Brady is the greatest of all time, I am going to summarize the criteria of what makes an athlete the greatest of all time. However, there is a possible problem with the criteria. Readers may think that this criterion is assembled to prove that Tom Brady is the greatest of all time. This is not the case though; this criterion has been complied of multiple sources of what they believe is the greatest athlete of all time. These sources are from all different places they are not all from New England. The criteria are made up of multiple characteristics required to be labeled the greatest of all time. Drive is a necessity to be the greatest of all time. Now this sounds very clichéd however, I cannot be over looked. The athlete cannot be satisfied with the day of work they have to have the
play the game. We all know that it is hard to figure out the greatest NFL player of all times. In
The mindset that society thrusts upon most high school athletes can take away from academics and other opportunities they may have for their future. For many high school football athletes, they are primarily focused on one thing throughout their high school years: sports. Evidence 1: In towns such as Odessa in Friday Night Lights, players are swallowed up by the glamour of football and neglect most things not related to football, rather than balance sports with academics. “It was a phenomenon that Trapper had seen dozens of times before, a kid so caught up in it all that there was no room for anything else, another kid for whom nothing in life would ever be so glorious, so fulfilling as playing high school football. Trapper didn’t see the
In sports today, Tom Brady is one the greatest quarterbacks to play; however, the way he won his most recent championship is ridiculous.
Jesse Owens is one of the most well known runners to ever set foot on a track. He battled his way into the Olympics. He proved to the world that it doesn't matter where you come from. He stood apart from all the other runners, black or white. not because of the records he set, the titles he earned, or the medals he gained, but because of the way he gave people hope. For what he did for races all over the world, Jesse Owens truly was the greatest man alive.
Considering that it is well known that most teams cheat in one way or another, but just don’t get caught, it is easy to look past the troubles he’s been though. At the same time though, the fact that he did get caught makes it worst. In my opinion, there is no discussion when it comes to best ever. Going into his fifth, and possibly NOT final Super Bowl, Brady was considered to be the best, yet still had major competition with Joe Montana. Montana, who won four championships, never lost one, unlike Brady. The thing that puts Brady over the top for me, cementing him as greatest of all time, is the fact that he was able to come back from an unprecedented 25 point deficit in the game’s biggest stage. When it comes to sports there are never finite answers to these type of questions, but with Brady playing at the level he is going into his 40’s there is no telling what he can still do in his career. In three years, most likely when the greatest of all time is set to retire, he may have one or two more rings to add to the collection, possibly ending the conversation once and for
When people talk about the greatest of football, Peyton Manning and Joe Montana are the first names that come to mind. Although Manning is still playing American football, he and Montana are huge role models to many young quarterbacks. For example, Tom Brady, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning’s younger brother, even Cam Newton, who is one of the newest quarterbacks in the NFL, have been affected by either Manning or Montana. Both athletes have had a great career in NCAA and NFL, leaving their mask and setting the bar very high for other players. However, every kingdom has only one king. Many will say that Montana is the better of the two quarterbacks; however, Peyton Manning is the better quarterback because of many statistical reasons.
So here comes the shocker, unless you're from Michigan or our a big fan of the athletes (or unless you know a lot of random stuff) I am about to tell you, be prepared. Did you know that Tom Brady was born in San Mateo, California, and was a football star at the University of Michigan, was picked in the sixth round by only the measurables, such as speed, strength, agility and more, but they couldn’t measure his determination on the field. As of now he plays with the NFL team the New England Patriots, where he has five Super Bowl wins, more than any quarterback in NFL history. Jim Harbaugh is certainly famous, a #1 draft pick for the Chicago Bears, he was definitely a great athlete, but isn’t know for his football, but for his coaching. He coached the San Diego Toreros, then the Stanford Cardinals, NFL team the San Francisco 49ers, and currently coaches the Michigan Wolverines. Michael Phelps practiced at the University of Michigan, and due to his coach going to Arizona, currently practices there. He’s world famous olympic swimmer, considered the best of all time, he has 23 gold medals and 28 over
On the morning of May 28, 1888, one of the most versatile, and arguably the greatest of athletes was born in a one-room cabin made of cottonwood and hickory, on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation located in Prague, Oklahoma. His name was Wa-tho-huck, which means "Bright Path" , in the Native American language spoken by the Sac and Fox Tribe. His father was Hiram P. Thorpe an Irish trapper, and his mother was No-ten-o-quah, and Indian member of the Thunder Clan of Chief Black Hawk, better known as Charlotte Thorpe. It was a customary tradition for Native Americans to name their children after something seen just before giving birth or even just after giving birth. Since the first thing
There have always been stiff arguments between sports team devotees as to who’s quarterback really brings the goods to the table. The argument for who truly clenches the crown of being named the GOAT, or great of all time, is surely not one to be taken lightly by any means whatsoever. After all, this is the title any quarterback in history has ever labored their entire life for just the chance to claim. While Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, and Joe Montana are all pretty high on the totem pole, a totem pole that stands colossal and robust, only one Quarterback can truly be named the GOAT. The only Quarterback who truly possesses the firepower to claim this title is none other than the most prominent; Tom Brady.
Before becoming recognized as an important and dedicated poet of the first World War, A.E. Housman took a position of a clerk in the Patent Office in London for 10 years after having unexpectedly failed his exams whilst he was in college. During the time he worked at the Patent Office, Housman intensively studied Greek and Roman classics, and later in 1892, became appointed the professor of Latin at University College in London. Whilst keeping his profession throughout the years at various universities, Housman became renown as a classicist for his own editions of countless Roman poets, such as Juvenal, Manilius, and Lucan. In 1896, Housman penned his first volume of poetry called A Shropshire Lad, which contains the poem “To an Athlete
How To Leave a Legacy To die young is an event that has always happened to people in this world. When people die young, it makes their friends and family think why they died young and how he or she could’ve used their life more wisely. In the poem, “To an Athlete Dying Young,” A.E. Housman uses the relationship between symbolism and double entendres about death and honor to display that dying young allows the dead to be remembered better than people who have passed away old, weary, and forgotten. Housman utilizes symbolism to prove that dying young after a great achievement will let people treasure the memory for longer. While the the athletes and townsmen are gathered in near the dead athlete, Housman writes about the “road all runners come,”(5),
Some people think that professional athletes are above the average because of how much they make from whatever sport they play but the questions I want to ask you is what happens when you are no longer in the Spotlight when you go from all time high to all time low or from super bowl starting quarterback to nfl benchwarmer would you start a desperate movement to get back in the Spotlight,would you do or say what you could to become #1 again ,would you disrespect a nation and hide behind a movement that started because they legitimately wanted to make a change in areas that are still living in the 20s and desperately need a change those are the questions I want you to keep in mind while reading my essay everyone has a story and if you haven 't got a clue of who 's story I 'm about to tell its because its not going to be a who 's story it 's going to be a movements story and if you think I 'm talking about black lives matter you 're wrong I 'm talking about a new movement a new trend that one nfl quarterback started and others followed it is a movement that caused his jersey to be the most bought jersey but not because people support it but because they feel disappointed and disrespected by the trend and they want to send this individual quarterback a message the biggest question is why are others following him and why are they not getting consequences and are they all doing it to make a change or to get their careers back on top in this essay I 'm going to give you a
I really really love sports, I really like to play and watch a lot of them. My 3 main ones are Soccer, my favorite sport, basketball, and baseball. I love to follow all of them and play all of them.
Our team just started so the season today and we need to start with a bang so our starting line up is the best players on the team. “FWEEP!” we start with the ball and it goes to Donaldo who plays ith to me than I ply it to JJ and then it’s out of then I throw it in.
New York, the ultimate destination of dreamers and believers. Borrowing the famous line of the song New York, New York – “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere”, there was never anyone who never thought that if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere else. The influence of the city is beyond your imagination, so much that it has inspired its home grown athletes who excelled in their chosen sports.