Who had the GOAT work ethic and ambition?

[Paper Boi]

Kobe

The Rock

 

[Dave24]

No disrespect to them but how are Tyson or A Rod options?

I read

No disrespect to them but how are Tyson or A Rod options?

I read they both had extreme work ethics.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Kobe, MJ, Floyd, forgot to add Ali.

 

[YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy]

Jordan, Ali, Walter Payton

 

[NYC Rebel]

Jordan, Ali, Walter Payton

Walter....thank you for reminding me.

 

[Mandizi]

The GOAT NBA player Jordan and the GOAT NFL WR Rice.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Cannot limit it to just one person tbh.

Best I've seen one per sport

Jordan
Rice
Floyd
Tiger
Bonds
C Ronaldo

 

[Noah]

Russell Westbrook? He went from being like a 3-star recruit to what he is today. Karl Malone too; his workouts as he got into his mid and late thirties are legendary.

This is NOT to discredit the likes of Jordan, Kobe, Tiger, everyone else on that list. But personally I'm leaning with Jerry Rice.

Jerry was running just as fast in the fourth quarter of an NFC championship game as he was on the first snap of the regular season. For not having outstanding speed (though he was fast enough) or being physically imposing, he had stamina, core strength, and agility in spades. He became impossible to predict going into a route; in his NFL Top 100 video they talk about how defenders had no idea what he was going to do because all of his routes looked the same for the first five yards. Jerry Rice was a machine.

In team workouts he was famous for his hustle; while many receivers would trot back to the quarterback after catching a pass, Rice would sprint to the end zone after each reception. He would typically continue practicing long after the rest of the team had gone home. Most remarkable were his six-days-a-week off-season workouts, which he conducted entirely on his own. Mornings were devoted to cardiovascular work, running a hilly five-mile trail; he would reportedly run ten forty-meter wind sprints up the steepest part. In the afternoons he did equally strenuous weight training. These workouts became legendary as the most demanding in the league, and other players would sometimes join Rice just to see what it was like. Some of them got sick before the day was over.

Masters of Habit: The Deliberate Practice and Training of Jerry Rice

If you split Jerry Rice's career in half into ages 23-31 and ages 32-42, here's what it would look like:

Jerry Rice 23-31:

All time TDs: 118 (5th all-time)
All time receptions: 708 (45th all-time)
All time receiving yards: 11,776 (29th all-time)
Yards/game: 84.1 (5th all-time)
Rec/game: 5.1 (in line with Brandin Cooks, Amari Cooper, A.J. Green from this past season)
Eight Pro Bowls, seven First Team All-Pros

Jerry Rice 32-42:

TDs: 79 (27th all-time)
Receptions: 841 (27th all-time)
Receiving yards: 11,119 (34th all-time)
Yards/game: 68.2 (30th all-time)
Rec/game: 5.2 (in line with Brandin Cooks, Amari Cooper, A.J. Green from this past season)
Five Pro Bowls, three First Team All-Pros

Accolades included, both Jerry Rices would be top 25 wide receivers of all time and Hall of Famers do your wind sprints

 

[Big Boss]

Most of them had GOAT work ethic

 

[10bandz]

Phil Jackson: Kobe Bryant's Attitude Towards Training Surpassed Michael Jordan's

Goatbe

/thread

 

[10bandz]

Russell Westbrook? He went from being like a 3-star recruit to what he is today. Karl Malone too; his workouts as he got into his mid and late thirties are legendary.

This is NOT to discredit the likes of Jordan, Kobe, Tiger, everyone else on that list. But personally I'm leaning with Jerry Rice.

Jerry was running just as fast in the fourth quarter of an NFC championship game as he was on the first snap of the regular season. For not having outstanding speed (though he was fast enough) or being physically imposing, he had stamina, core strength, and agility in spades. He became impossible to predict going into a route; in his NFL Top 100 video they talk about how defenders had no idea what he was going to do because all of his routes looked the same for the first five yards. Jerry Rice was a machine.



Masters of Habit: The Deliberate Practice and Training of Jerry Rice

If you split Jerry Rice's career in half into ages 23-31 and ages 32-42, here's what it would look like:

Jerry Rice 23-31:

All time TDs: 118 (5th all-time)
All time receptions: 708 (45th all-time)
All time receiving yards: 11,776 (29th all-time)
Yards/game: 84.1 (5th all-time)
Rec/game: 5.1 (in line with Brandin Cooks, Amari Cooper, A.J. Green from this past season)
Eight Pro Bowls, seven First Team All-Pros

Jerry Rice 32-42:

TDs: 79 (27th all-time)
Receptions: 841 (27th all-time)
Receiving yards: 11,119 (34th all-time)
Yards/game: 68.2 (30th all-time)
Rec/game: 5.2 (in line with Brandin Cooks, Amari Cooper, A.J. Green from this past season)
Five Pro Bowls, three First Team All-Pros

Accolades included, both Jerry Rices would be top 25 wide receivers of all time and Hall of Famers do your wind sprints

yeah Jerry easily takes the crown for football. Floyd for boxing

 

[old boy]

tough choice but i'm gonna roll with my man kobe. yall need to check out mad game by roland lazenby

kobe stopped being friends with jermaine o'neal simply because he thought he was lazy

this is how serious he takes training, he stopped taking uzi o'neal's calls around his second year

 

[KevCo]

Its almost impossible to choose, so ill just go with a certain former Michigan quarterback who had to fight his entire life just to be drafted 199th overall, with seemingly no god given athletic ability, that has gone on to have a GOAT tier career.

:Brady:

 

[NYC Rebel]

Jerry Rice running sprints alone at the 49ers facility three days after winning the Super Bowl. :sxust:

My wife is one of those folks wired like that. They at times dont know how to enjoy the ride becaise they TOO focused on tomorrow.

 

[Tunez]

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