most natural sportsman

[Dreamer2]

i was reading the thread about tiger woods & it got me thinking about other sports

in most sports there are the ones that stand head & shoulders above the rest, is it hard work or is it natural ability

thinking out loud

hard work ,,,as to be Paula Radcliffe ,,going for a 15/20 mile run every day

natural ability,,,as to be Ronnie" O'Sullivan,,,the man wins tournaments right or left handed

there are many more ,these are the ones that impress me

 

[HomerJSimpson]

On a personal level I've not been the most gifted in any sport I've played and the successes I've had have all come through a lot of hard work and determination to improve. Still think if you have a god given talent or need to grind it out through endeavour and hard work you only get out what you put in

 

[lobthewedge]

Movie about Ayrton Senna is playing on Sky Movies just now, raw natural talent if ever there was.

 

[thecraw]

The late great Seve!

 

[One Planer]

Phil Taylor

 

[mouth]

Wayne Gretzky. Might as well lock the thread now.

 

[Iaing]

When someone says "natural ability" I think Seve.
And Muhammed Ali.

 

[thecraw]

Eoin Jess!

:cheers:

 

[Philm]

ive natural ability, certainly alot more of it than any desire to work hard at anything.

but even so i dont have much compared to rory and co.

Phil

 

[rickg]

David Gower....

 

[JustOne]

That 'JustOne' fella - natural 14 handicapper!

 

[Iaing]

David Gower....

Thought we were talking about real sports ?

 

[BROOKIE]

Ted Bundy,he had real natural talent..

 

[millisle1]

Got to be the squash player, Khan from years ago. Sure he went years unbeaten

 

[MegaSteve]

In my lifetime, for me, there's been about half a dozen stand out sportsman...

In no particular order... Jim Clark, Muhammed Ali, Seve, Mike Hailwood, George Best & Ian Botham...

 

[triple_bogey]

Most influential worldwide, I have in my mind:
Ali
Senna
Michael Jordan
Pele
Seve/ Tiger

 

[CrapHacker]

Interesting that several people pick out Tiger and / or Seve.

Both these guys started out so young they worked hard at the game when most of us were still playing kiss chase with the girls at school.

Although it may sound contra intuitive I'd say people like Faldo and Greg Norman are more natural sportsmen, because they took the game up late and still managed to get to No.1.

 

[DappaDonDave]

Lebron james

 

[thecraw]

Interesting that several people pick out Tiger and / or Seve.

Both these guys started out so young they worked hard at the game when most of us were still playing kiss chase with the girls at school.

Although it may sound contra intuitive I'd say people like Faldo and Greg Norman are more natural sportsmen, because they took the game up late and still managed to get to No.1.

Faldo natural?? Geez a break, he had a more mechanical swing than a Honda Civic!

 

[RichardC]

Think I would have to say Michael Jordan.

He didnt even want to play basketball, as his dream was to play baseball.

For me he is the greatest basketball player ever.