The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Going back in time, the best sportsmen ever have been Olympians.
Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were better overall.
When you are a professional sportsman all the guys are great competitors in the top 50.
So much of a professional athlete's success depends upon not necessarily the play itself but how he deals with... always saying how you deal with good, is just as important as how you deal with bad.
I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.
Most athletes, we're the good ol' boys, part of the good-ol'-boy fraternity, and we take care of our brothers, and we cover up the bad habit and the bad play.
I think a great athlete transcends eras.
If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.
The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.
Among sportsmen are the noble, the diligent and the caring, as there are the callous, the cheats and the criminals.
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