Which athletes had the longest peaks of all time (pause)
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Jerry Rice.
IsThatBrothaMouzone?
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Also gotta ask.....which sport is the hardest to maintain consistency over time?
Olympic sports require their own category because the time frame for peak performance is much shorter, particularly T & F, gymnastics etc. More leeway in sports like wrestling.
Boxing is tough. Getting hit in the face requires a different mindset. The more talented and successful you are, the more difficult it is to maintain the passion.
Of the Big 4, it's probably football....but there's probably more variance in football than other sports. You can have a lonnnnng azz career as a kicker, punter, QB etc., with a long peak....but you can also be done inside 3 years. Running backs fall off a cliff the fastest of any athlete in the Big 4. It's never gradual. They go from Pro Bowl/All Pro caliber to washed seemingly overnight.
Emmitt Smith is GOAT to me because most guys are completely done after just half the carries he had. Not even counting all the carries he had in the SEC at Florida and being that dude in high school.
triplehate
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Jerry Rice had two hall of fame careers
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judging by floyd's haters, his peak started immediately, and did not end until sometime after fighting pacquiao
BlackAchilles
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Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic
Serena won a second Grand Slam at an age when most WTA greats are
and was still making major finals 20 years in
Nole had his best years in his 30s and devoured a whole generation like Kronos
Serena won a second Grand Slam at an age when most WTA greats are
and was still making major finals 20 years inNole had his best years in his 30s and devoured a whole generation like Kronos
Canada Goose
Pooping on your head :umad:
Floyd Mayweather
Tom Brady
Roger Clemens
Lebron James
Tom Brady
Roger Clemens
Lebron James
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i think you can argue bernard hopkins' prime went from 1996-2008
