Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity.
The game of golf was bigger than Jack Nicklaus when Jack was dominating the game.
I've faced more than 35 major leaguers, and only two have ever made contact against me.
I like to think of the world's greatest athlete coming up to bat against me - Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, I don't care who it is - and I'm looking at him thinking, you have no chance.
The favorite to win the Olympic gold medal in archery is a legally blind athlete from South Korea, mainly because everyone else is too scared to compete next to him.
There are many stars and a few super-stars in sport. There are champions who bag a coronet now and then, and there are others who dominate some game year after year. In other words there are Bobby Jones and Helen Wills.
It is important to keep Manchester United on top of the world.
He'll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.
Sports became a favorite subject of reflection and will soon be the only way of thinking
I want to be undefeated for a while and end my career as one of the greatest of all-time.
We're the greatest athletes in the world without a doubt.
In 2015, there was no chance Djokovic would have an off day.
Cristiano reminds me of German tennis player Michael Stich. He was destined to make history, but then Boris Becker showed up. Cristiano is so fast, so strong, so incredible, but he has one problem: Leo Messi.
Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it's show business. You know, we all got rhythm.
The U.S.A. have a 'football arrogance,' which means winning is in their DNA - nothing else is good enough.
Anybody involved in sports in Missouri knows it's a great sports state. It is a great sports state, particularly in basketball and baseball. Particularly. Not to demean football, but it's a baseball state and a basketball state.
Messi is the best in the world - there is no question about that.
Everybody always asked why I wanted to be an offensive lineman. I told them that I had 11 different people I can hit on every single play, while everyone else is chasing one person. I prided myself on being an extremely physical and dominant player.
Bayern is the biggest team in Germany, one of the biggest teams in Europe. Every year, world class players come along, so it's one of the strongest teams in the world.
I'm going to show the world that I'm the best welterweight on the planet and I'm going to do it right before my people's eyes.
The Lakers have always been on the forefront and anywhere LeBron has been, has been on the forefront.
The only thing we know for sure about superiority in sports in the United States of America in the 20th century is that Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics teams he led stand alone as the ultimate winners.
(Mantle) was clearly a greater player in his peak years.
It's true that in Canada, we pride ourselves on the game, and we like to think we're the dominant hockey nation in the world.
I grew up at a time when West Indies dominated the world. For 15 years from 1980, the West Indies never lost a Test series.
