Tony Gwynn
Joe Morgan
Bo Jackson
Sugar Ray Lenard
Earl Campbell
Sammy Duvall
Joel Poland

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Dave Aranda

I envy him. At the end of the day, there's not a single person in the world that would turn down a job where you make 5 million/year, are terrible at what you do, and have untouchable job security on top of a very vocal contingent on the Internet that will go to bat for you and make excuses to defend your job performance.

Like, could you imagine going to your office job and handing your boss some halfway done report or whatever at the end of the week, and your boss's reaction is, "you know what. The vibes and the energy are good. Don't worry about it"

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You owe me a keyboard for the last sentence.

Dang tea is everywhere

Walter Payton.

I've liked a lot of guys. Maybe admired, but for me, Payton was different. It's hard for me to say Barry Sanders is the best back I've ever seen because of my feelings for Payton.

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Youre a clown said:

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Dave Aranda

I envy him. At the end of the day, there's not a single person in the world that would turn down a job where you make 5 million/year, are terrible at what you do, and have untouchable job security on top of a very vocal contingent on the Internet that will go to bat for you and make excuses to defend your job performance.

Like, could you imagine going to your office job and handing your boss some halfway done report or whatever at the end of the week, and your boss's reaction is, "you know what. The vibes and the energy are good. Don't worry about it"

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You owe me a keyboard for the last sentence.

Dang tea is everywhere

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Sorry about that. The sad thing is, I did not make that up out of thin air. Doug said in an interview a couple days back that he's less concerned about the number of wins and more concerned about seeing good vibes with the program.

Youre a clown said:

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LIB,MR BEARS said:

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Youre a clown said:

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Dave Aranda

I envy him. At the end of the day, there's not a single person in the world that would turn down a job where you make 5 million/year, are terrible at what you do, and have untouchable job security on top of a very vocal contingent on the Internet that will go to bat for you and make excuses to defend your job performance.

Like, could you imagine going to your office job and handing your boss some halfway done report or whatever at the end of the week, and your boss's reaction is, "you know what. The vibes and the energy are good. Don't worry about it"

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You owe me a keyboard for the last sentence.

Dang tea is everywhere

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Sorry about that. The sad thing is, I did not make that up out of thin air. Doug said in an interview a couple days back that he's less concerned about the number of wins and more concerned about seeing good vibes with the program.

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In this case I hope he is like most ADs and talks out of both sides of his mouth.

Maybe he'll give him the dreaded vote of confidence

larry kenon:

Mike Singletary

Secretariat
Nolan Ryan
Earl Campbell
Michael Johnson
Carl Lewis
Mikaela Shiffrin
Hakeem Olajuwon
Roger Federer
Mike Singletary
RG3

Shakesbear said:

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Secretariat
Nolan Ryan
Earl Campbell
Michael Johnson
Carl Lewis
Mikaela Shiffrin
Hakeem Olajuwon
Roger Federer
Mike Singletary
RG3

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I'm not a track guy but, since you opened the door, Edwin Moses.

LOL! I was about to add Edwin to my list, but I already had two track guys on it. He owned the hurdles for years, and he was a bad ass

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LOL! I was about to add Edwin to my list, but I already had two track guys on it. He owned the hurdles for years, and he was a bad ass

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Edwin was a machine.

Tom Landry and Roger Staubach are at the top. The Cowboys were my first sports passion, and they were amazing examples of how to behave as a professional. They were also brilliant minds on and off the field, and such high character people. And Roger was such a badass. Randy White is up there, too, because he was so intense, smart, tenacious and immensely prepared.

Singletary, of course, and Grant Teaff. Not the winningest coach ever, but he did things the right way and cared about his team and his players like nobody else. There weren't many coaches that could have done more with Baylor in that era, if any. Lots of Baylor players and athletes are up there as well, like Michael Johnson, a bunch of others I'm not going to spend time listing.

Jack Nicklaus, because he was stone cold in the big tournaments, and could never be counted out .Also such a great guy, analytical and brilliant as well as physically talented for the game. And I was never much of a golf guy, but those rivals in the 70s were unbelievable and deep, like many sports of that era. He was a legend among legends.

Character means a ton to me. It's a shame it doesn't to some other folks.

Sports used to be a great source of inspiration through character, not just physical talent. It doesn't seem so much a thing as it once was.

The great Tom Landry and Mickey Mantle,I had his generic Rawlings glove when I first started playing baseball as a 7 year old 63 years ago!

Dia del DougO said:

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Tom Landry and Roger Staubach are at the top. The Cowboys were my first sports passion, and they were amazing examples of how to behave as a professional. They were also brilliant minds on and off the field, and such high character people. And Roger was such a badass. Randy White is up there, too, because he was so intense, smart, tenacious and immensely prepared.

Singletary, of course, and Grant Teaff. Not the winningest coach ever, but he did things the right way and cared about his team and his players like nobody else. There weren't many coaches that could have done more with Baylor in that era, if any. Lots of Baylor players and athletes are up there as well, like Michael Johnson, a bunch of others I'm not going to spend time listing.

Jack Nicklaus, because he was stone cold in the big tournaments, and could never be counted out .Also such a great guy, analytical and brilliant as well as physically talented for the game. And I was never much of a golf guy, but those rivals in the 70s were unbelievable and deep, like many sports of that era. He was a legend among legends.

Character means a ton to me. It's a shame it doesn't to some other folks.

Sports used to be a great source of inspiration through character, not just physical talent. It doesn't seem so much a thing as it once was.

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Character is still a big thing for lots of people but, it doesn't get the airtime it once did.

I think the greatest character athlete I'm aware of is Tim Tebow. Between his Night to Shine and battle against child trafficking, I can't think of anyone that has used their platform in a more positive way.

I'm a big "shut up and entertain me" guy but Tebow just decided to give up entertaining people so he could make a difference for less fortunate people.

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Walter Payton.

I've liked a lot of guys. Maybe admired, but for me, Payton was different. It's hard for me to say Barry Sanders is the best back I've ever seen because of my feelings for Payton.

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Me and a few buddies tried to cut through his yard and he raced out and caught us - - ended up shooting some hoops at the house until my father showed up.

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Mitch Blood Green said:

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Walter Payton.

I've liked a lot of guys. Maybe admired, but for me, Payton was different. It's hard for me to say Barry Sanders is the best back I've ever seen because of my feelings for Payton.

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Me and a few buddies tried to cut through his yard and he raced out and caught us - - ended up shooting some hoops at the house until my father showed up.

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Highland Park?

In 1980/81 I got a Jerry Kurl. My coach said "Walter Payton ain't been **** since he got the Jerry Kurl."

Nah, He lived in South Barrington.

Roger Staubach
Bob Lilly
Brooks Robinson
Nolan Ryan
Larry Bird
Magic Johnson

The first four were childhood heroes. Bird and Magic got me to watch basketball again.

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The great Tom Landry and Mickey Mantle,I had his generic Rawlings glove when I first started playing baseball as a 7 year old 63 years ago!

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I had the same glove with Mickey's sig on it. I had that glove until I was in my late 50's when we moved. I blame my wife for tossing it in the "giveaway pile" ; I was crushed. I do still have my J.R. Richard glove though!

I have a program/bulletin from Mickey's funeral. FIL worked for funeral home as driver.

Jalen Hurts
Nick Foles
Art Briles
MJ
Sixers Bron
Scott Drew
2021 Baylor Men's Basketball team

Sophie Cunningham

Golf = Calvin Peete or Lee Trevino (poor, self-taught minorities with no pedigree. Calvin played with an un-fixed broken arm)
Football = Earl Christian Campbell (power, speed and he left it all on the field)
Basketball = Larry Bird (the trash talking was priceless and he could back it up)
Baseball = Nolan Ryan (7 full-game no hitters)
Horseracing = Rich Strike (85 to 1 wins the derby out of nowhere. Never won again.)

Hank Aaron
Sandy Koufax
Jim Ryun
Joe Delaney
Jared Butler

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Bear51 said:

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The great Tom Landry and Mickey Mantle,I had his generic Rawlings glove when I first started playing baseball as a 7 year old 63 years ago!

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I had the same glove with Mickey's sig on it. I had that glove until I was in my late 50's when we moved. I blame my wife for tossing it in the "giveaway pile" ; I was crushed. I do still have my J.R. Richard glove though!

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I blame my wife too for losing mine too. She just didn't realize what that glove meant to me and also tossed it the last time we move 20 years ago.

cowach said:

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Golf = Calvin Peete or Lee Trevino (poor, self-taught minorities with no pedigree. Calvin played with an un-fixed broken arm)
Football = Earl Christian Campbell (power, speed and he left it all on the field)
Basketball = Larry Bird (the trash talking was priceless and he could back it up)
Baseball = Nolan Ryan (7 full-game no hitters)
Horseracing = Rich Strike (85 to 1 wins the derby out of nowhere. Never won again.)

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we put $2 on the nose of Rich Strike that afternoon. Had a nice meal that night.

TechDawgMc said:

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Roger Staubach
Bob Lilly
Brooks Robinson
Nolan Ryan
Larry Bird
Magic Johnson

The first four were childhood heroes. Bird and Magic got me to watch basketball again.

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All great choices.

Grant Teaff-got to talk with him 1-1 twice during my student years. I could listen to him all day.
Tony Dorsett-Met him 4 times over the years. Great guy to know
Mike Schmidt
Greg Luzinski
Steve Carlton
Nolan Ryan
Roger Staubach-Hated to lose in everything he did.

One more that we have all failed to mention but I think we can all agree on…


MICHAEL "SQUINTS" PALLODORUS

Mickey Mantle
Arnold Palmer
Darrell Royal

I'm old. Being a kid in the early 60's it was the guys with the charisma. My Dad graduated from Texas ( on the GI Bill after WW2) and I was a Longhorn fan. Darrell Royal was beyond cool.

Pat Tillman
Roberto Clemente
Walter Payton
Jim Thorpe
Michael Jordan
Ernie Banks

The first 4 because it takes more than just being good at sports for me to want to bestow "hero" on somebody.

The last two because I'm a native Chicagoan and they were just the best at what they did.

Babe Ruth
Jim Thorpe
Bo Jackson
Michael Jordan
Mike Singletary
Barry Sanders
Ray Nitschke for being so good with one leg's muscles smaller than the other leg.
Vince Lombardi
Simone Biles
Usain Bolt
Tiger when he was really good
Baylor Men's Basketball 2021