Who is your favorite Athlete of all time? And why?

[QuantumLeap]

One for each of the big four U.S. sports:

Magic, Dickerson, Piazza, Luc Robitaille

Luc??? Really? There were many better than him. Dionne, Simmer, Taylor, Gretzky.



I remember going to a Kings game at the Forum and some guy in the audience yelled "come on Luc, you pussy!"

[PickWinnerAllDay]

Ryan Braun because he is an honest and stand up guy. Go Brew Crew!

lol congrats your favorite player is a cheater who thinks hes a victim because he was caught cheating

[MendozaLine]

Tony Gwynn because he was a great player and a classy individual.

Cal Ripken is also up there for me.

[jgilmartin]

Fedor is one of my favorites also, for all the reasons Galt listed. Maybe a tie between Fedor and Roy Keane.

[Vaughany]

Eddie Pope!

[Giblets]

Steve Nash and Joe Carter are a couple of my favorites.

[Ethan1122]

Brian Dawkins and Brian Westbrook. Both guys left it all on the field and played hard every game. I'm pretty young (17) so these guys are the guys that I grew up watching and made me love the sport and the Birds.

[Azzurri]

#33 Larry Bird... guy was $money and real..no BS with him just played his ass off every game he was on the court. One of a kind.

[GunShard]

Bruce Lee.

[RaiderNation MMA]

ray lewis and jonah lomu! overeem too i guess!

[KingJD31]

piazza,charles oakley

[Roadtrip635]

Roger Staubach
Born and raised a Cowboys fan, as a kid I couldn't wait for Sundays just to watch Staubach play. The man is a leader, a winner and a class act.

[dngf]

Magic Johnson, because Showtime was the best basketball I have watched and enjoyed in my life. Others I thought of Doc J, the first to basically fly on the court, Larry Bird, at the end of the game with the game on the line the ball was going to him and he would make it. Ali - he called himself the Greatest and he was. And honorable mention Wes Parker my favorite Dodger growing up.

[the_orangekat]

John Smoltz, Mr. Big Game in the post season for the Braves.

[BGS 9.5]

Steve Yzerman
Brian Sipe
Bob Probert
Jim Palmer
Cecil Fielder

[k13]

Troy Aikman.

Won 3 Super Bowls as QB of America's Team. There simply is no way of topping that.

I win.

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

Made my day that no one said lebron James.*

For me its*

Tim Duncan
MJ
Fred Taylor

Favorite players on my teams and MJ cause hes the greatest.*

[Digo]

Well, i really don't like him as a person, but i must say Pelé, the best player ever in the most practiced sport on earth.

[importmoon]

Jose Canseco the biggest rat in sport history Barry Bond the biggest liar in sport history James Brown the greatest athelet in football history finally Cassius Clay aka. Mohammad Ali the greatest boxer in the ring.

[SATERSTYLE]

JDS... hes a friendly guy who can kill 99.99% of the earth's population with his bare fists
also I like Kobe... hes a cocky arrogant mfer but he can back it up. real talk
and since I'm asian and played basketball for 4 years... of course Jeremy Lin

[importmoon]

Alan Iverson who blew $15,000,000 mil in less than 10 yrs, and finally Beth Ruth alias The Bebe the greatest in all sport on this planet. I rest my case.By the way the greatest coach in sport Tom Landry esquire hands down.

[importmoon]

oh shit I forgot OJ between him and BB its debatable who's the biggest liar in sport history

[Dutch]

[Dutch]

Marvelous.

[JohnGalt2341]

Lots of great athletes in this thread. Some for their talent... some for their showmanship... and some for their tenacity. Keep it going.

[barza01]

Hands down it's gotta be Luke Walton of the Lakers...if there's ever been a game when you need a solid 2 min from your bench, he's the go to guy!!

[ttwarrior1]

mike schmidt

[smitch124]

Willie Mays - he played with a joy and electricity that made me love baseball.

[The HOFF]

[gabe]

JDS... hes a friendly guy who can kill 99.99% of the earth's population with his bare fists also I like Kobe... hes a cocky arrogant mfer but he can back it up. real talk and since I'm asian and played basketball for 4 years... of course Jeremy Lin

what ethnicity?

[gabe]

Hands down it's gotta be Luke Walton of the Lakers...if there's ever been a game when you need a solid 2 min from your bench, he's the go to guy!!

haha this just cracked me up

[Educ8d Degener8]

Serena Williams.

That dude is amazing.

[beerman2619]

Dick Trickle name says it all

[Bengals28]

Chad Johnson

[Ernie Mccracken]

Tony Gwynn- Never met the guy, but by every account I've ever heard, he is the definition of a quality human being. Rarefied air for anyone, no less a millionaire hall of fame pro athlete. I hope he can sort some of his health issues

Steve Prefontaine- Pure guts and tenacity. Scary to think what Usain Bolt would do with half the heart of Pre.

Lance Armstrong- Probably doped like everyone else, but overcame near certain death to cause more euro butthurt (literally and metaphorically) than both of the Bushes en route to becoming the greatest professional sufferer cycling has ever seen.

Dikembe Mutombo- A jovial ambassador for the game and an entire continent of people. Always rooted for him to do well.

Ayrton Senna- Watching him drive is poetry in motion. On the ragged edge from green the checkers.

Ray Lewis- The reason why we watch football. One of the best ever to put on pads.