1. 07-12-17 12:27 PM #1
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    Is Roger Federer top 5 athlete all time?

    What this man has done is incredible.
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  2. 07-12-17 12:39 PM #2
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    Thorpe
    Jordan
    Fed
    ruth
    ali
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  3. 07-12-17 12:39 PM #3
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    His skinny ass arms bother me.
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  4. 07-12-17 12:41 PM #4
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    Ruth was not an athlete. He was a fat fukk
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  5. 07-12-17 12:44 PM #5
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    The guy just gets it done. I will be sad when he retires.
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  6. 07-12-17 12:46 PM #6
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    He is one of the greatest tennis players but comparing tennis to team sports as far as who the best athletes isn't really apples to apples
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  7. 07-12-17 12:52 PM #7
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    He is #1 now

    Longevity and dominance gets him there
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  8. 07-12-17 12:53 PM #8
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    add Serena also
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  9. 07-12-17 12:53 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by phinfan27615 View Post
    He is one of the greatest tennis players but comparing tennis to team sports as far as who the best athletes isn't really apples to apples
    I agree.

    Tennis doesn't count.

    Soccer doesn't count.

    Water polo shouldn't count either.
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  10. 07-12-17 12:54 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by trytrytry View Post
    add Serena also
    NO too many bad loses to terrible players in big moments
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  11. 07-12-17 12:57 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by trytrytry View Post
    Thorpe
    Jordan
    Fed
    ruth
    ali
    Make a list and no Jerry Rice...tsk tsk.
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  12. 07-12-17 12:58 PM #12
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    I do love Jerry Rice

    and Wayne so hard to keep him off a top 5
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  13. 07-12-17 01:03 PM #13
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    Gretzky
    Ali
    Jordan
    Federer
    Bo Jackson
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  14. 07-12-17 01:06 PM #14
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    Need clearer definition

    Most Dominant fed wins by a long mile
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  15. 07-12-17 01:41 PM #15
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    If you are talking straight athletes. You need to talk about the guys who could have gone pro in multiple sports. Preferably basketball & football as they are generally more athletic than baseball players. Bo, Deion Sanders, AI, Randy Moss. Thorpe is a good one. Anderson Silva has to be up there if you are going to say Ali.
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  16. 07-12-17 03:11 PM #16
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    Bo Jackson definitely in that class as far as athletes. As much as I heart Jordan, Bo was a better athlete
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  17. 07-12-17 03:15 PM #17
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    Roger best tennis player of all time. Top 5 athletes would probably be 4 boxers from the 80s and Bo Jackson
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  18. 07-12-17 03:20 PM #18
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    Pound for pound sport for sport.

    Federer in there with Phelps type guys
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  19. 07-12-17 03:26 PM #19
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    Special athelete
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  20. 07-12-17 03:37 PM #20
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    Jesus was the best athlete of all time

    I don't see anyone walking on water.
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  21. 07-12-17 03:39 PM #21
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    Slapping around younger players in a game where you have to be really fit. That's greatness
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  22. 07-12-17 03:44 PM #22
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    Laker knows
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  23. 07-12-17 03:45 PM #23
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    that really depends on how you define the word athlete

    specialist in their sport or overall athleticism
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  24. 07-12-17 04:02 PM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by El Nino View Post
    If you are talking straight athletes. You need to talk about the guys who could have gone pro in multiple sports. Preferably basketball & football as they are generally more athletic than baseball players. Bo, Deion Sanders, AI, Randy Moss. Thorpe is a good one. Anderson Silva has to be up there if you are going to say Ali.
    nino gets it

    moss could have went Pro in BB easily.

    But why do both, getting to watch all the white high school guys in WV trying to catch him on a weekly basis was the greatest thing ever on Friday nights.

    And him and white chocolate on the same BB team was just plain unfair. And showtime is an understatement
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  25. 07-12-17 04:04 PM #25
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    athlete wrong word

    Tons of great athletes in all sports

    Most Dominant PLAYERS

    JORDAN
    FEDERER
    Gretzky
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  26. 07-12-17 04:08 PM #26
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    I can't believe nobody has mentioned Jim Brown.

    He was only the world's best in two different sports.
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  27. 07-12-17 05:10 PM #27
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Giant View Post
    I can't believe nobody has mentioned Jim Brown.

    He was only the world's best in two different sports.
    I thought of him right away. Supposedly never lost a race.

    Read a bio on Thorpe years ago. Dude was so far ahead of his peers and if I remember played 3 sports for $$.
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  28. 07-12-17 05:11 PM #28
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    I need to see a video of Jim Brown running the ball.

    Haven't seen one.
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  29. 07-12-17 05:15 PM #29
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    Bo Jackson mastered two toughest sports in world

    Game Over
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  30. 07-12-17 11:02 PM #30
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    What's he's done this year is remarkable. He's playing ultra aggressive to shorten the rallies because he's the only player in the world who can pull off the shots to do it.

    He might be playing as well as he did in his prime back in the mid-late 2000s.
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  31. 07-12-17 11:07 PM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMoneyShot View Post
    I need to see a video of Jim Brown running the ball.

    Haven't seen one.
    Big black bowling ball knocking down white pins.
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  33. 07-13-17 12:41 PM #33
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    I mean come the fukk on

    if you want to say top athletes overall:

    bo Jackson

    deion sanders

    a couple people from the decathlon that killed the competition certain years



    specialists in a sport DO NOT COUNT for best athlete
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  34. 07-13-17 12:43 PM #34
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    we already know Jordan sucked at baseball so why would you include him for ATHLETE?

    LeBron would be a better choice because MAYBE he could be a tight end





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  35. 07-13-17 12:55 PM #35
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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    Big black bowling ball knocking down white pins.
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