touchdowns, which is one of the best years the NFL has ever seen. The next major point that makes greats, greats is what they do on the court in the terms of their competitiveness, and the legacy that they left on the court, field, diamond, or rink. Competitiveness and attitude are not the same thing but they are sometimes linked together for some reason, the definition of competitiveness is to have a strong desire to compete or to succeed and in my opinion the athletes that have a competitive spirit about them and can control it is the players that succeed above other average players. Michael Jordan is one of the most competitive people in the sports world then and now even though he is in his 50’s. In his old age Michael has done to
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Barry had so much love and competitiveness for the game that when he lost his love for the competition when he felt that the game was getting boring he quit, he didn't care about the records or what people thought he cared about how good he could be and when he felt he couldn't get any better he left. Michael Jordan meant more to the game than just six rings and countless records, people say that is someone like Shaq won those rings it wouldn’t have been the same as if Jordan won them because he won them with such grace and style. Big men ruled the NBA of the past and it was the same in Jordan's era, in the season that Jordan missed (1994-95) the top five players were all in the front-court, players like (David Robinson, Shaquille O'Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone). Jordan was different he would kill his opponents with speed and superior athleticism, like a swordsman waiting for the right moment to strike and the blows that Michael dealt were fatal (Strauss, Ethan Sherwood). Jordan changed how the game was played forever, he was known as “air Jordan” and the dunking king but dunking wasn't what he did best actually he didn't dunk very often he brought a certain style and flashiness to the game doing athletic reverse layups or interoffice circus shots. And ever since the game has been rewritten more and more small players have made a name for themselves since then and the game has been reimagined thanks to Jordan. Some people don't know Lou Gehrig for his legacy on the diamond but more for his legacy off it, which is very rare for sports players, because with Lou you can know nothing about sports and still know who he is. Lou’s life and legacy is one of irony, his nickname was the iron horse, which implies endurance, this man never called in sick for work for 14 consecutive years with 2,130 consecutive games. But yet at age 35, which is supposed to be the prime of your life, Lou caught a disease, and two years later the iron
Barry had so much love and competitiveness for the game that when he lost his love for the competition when he felt that the game was getting boring he quit, he didn't care about the records or what people thought he cared about how good he could be and when he felt he couldn't get any better he left. Michael Jordan meant more to the game than just six rings and countless records, people say that is someone like Shaq won those rings it wouldn’t have been the same as if Jordan won them because he won them with such grace and style. Big men ruled the NBA of the past and it was the same in Jordan's era, in the season that Jordan missed (1994-95) the top five players were all in the front-court, players like (David Robinson, Shaquille O'Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone). Jordan was different he would kill his opponents with speed and superior athleticism, like a swordsman waiting for the right moment to strike and the blows that Michael dealt were fatal (Strauss, Ethan Sherwood). Jordan changed how the game was played forever, he was known as “air Jordan” and the dunking king but dunking wasn't what he did best actually he didn't dunk very often he brought a certain style and flashiness to the game doing athletic reverse layups or interoffice circus shots. And ever since the game has been rewritten more and more small players have made a name for themselves since then and the game has been reimagined thanks to Jordan. Some people don't know Lou Gehrig for his legacy on the diamond but more for his legacy off it, which is very rare for sports players, because with Lou you can know nothing about sports and still know who he is. Lou’s life and legacy is one of irony, his nickname was the iron horse, which implies endurance, this man never called in sick for work for 14 consecutive years with 2,130 consecutive games. But yet at age 35, which is supposed to be the prime of your life, Lou caught a disease, and two years later the iron