Best athlete in the world and why?

**Freak** · 08-18-2008, 08:07 PM

I'm not going to say my pick for awhile because I want to see what at least the first few people put.

nicez3f · 08-18-2008, 09:08 PM

awesome question man its hard because not being sports specific. id have to say M.Jordan, Deion Sanders, or Bo Jackson. this is just my opinion because they were elite in there respective sports but also went pro in another sport.

**under construction** · 08-18-2008, 10:57 PM

freak dont say Michael phelps, sick of hearing the kids name

**QuinnBW** · 08-18-2008, 10:59 PM

well to be honest with you his name should be mentioned UC

bbakerw0720 · 08-18-2008, 11:35 PM

The best athlete in the world i believe atleast collegiate would have to be defensive takle geno atkinds at georgia hes a huge kid that is 6-1 290 and runs a 4.5 forty for that size and that speed he's a dangerous football player and hes my boy from st thomas aquinas so gotta give him some love

**Kaboom** · 08-19-2008, 06:31 AM

Tiger Wooods

that was a joke Boys!!!!!!

**robbyybt** · 08-19-2008, 07:26 AM

I dont know much about other sports besides soccer but personally I would say lionel messi who plays for barcelona. He made his unofficial debut at age 16 and his official debut at age 17 which to be playing for one of the top 3 soccer teams in the world is one heck of an achievement. He is also probably the best in the world right now and is still only 21 years old.

**robbyybt** · 08-19-2008, 07:29 AM

Personally im not nominating anyone in the olympics because of all the unncertainty of whether there natural or not.

**Kaboom** · 08-19-2008, 07:31 AM

and you are certain the soccer players are?

**robbyybt** · 08-19-2008, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Kaboom

and you are certain the soccer players are?

Alot more certain than the olympics, I dont even think steroids would help soccer players that much becauses its based more on skill rather than just speed or strength or endurance.

**chrispghmuscle** · 08-19-2008, 08:29 AM

I think this is too broad of a question.. There are so many sporting events to narrow it down to just one athlete..

**Kaboom** · 08-19-2008, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by robbyybt

Alot more certain than the olympics, I dont even think steroids would help soccer players that much becauses its based more on skill rather than just speed or strength or endurance.

You make sense most of the time but gotta disagree on this.Speed and endurance is huge in soccer and steroids have just a chance of being in it as much as any other sport.
The olympic competitors would have alot bigger chance at getting caught or being tested