R.I.P. to an Unbelievable LEGEND 🕊🙏🏽

Jim Brown will never be replaced as to why he's the greatest backs

Jim Brown and Lawrence Taylor are the 2 best football players I ever seen. Dominance does not come close to fully describe their impact. Brown was also a great man fighting for equality and civil rights. A great American

@r.williamcomm7693

Жыл бұрын

Agree 100%. The degree of dominance might be subjective for each person but the fact of dominance is objective. The degree to which Jim Brown & Lawrence Taylor were dominant echoes through the history of the NFL. Like Michael Lombardi says, not all gold jackets are the same. The dominance of Brown & Taylor must be witnessed, watched or studied to be appreciated.

@mychalpryor2473

Жыл бұрын

Jerry Rice Jim Brown for me...

When a giant like Jim Brown cries you cry with him. It's amazing.

@bugzmccarthy8416

2 жыл бұрын

I shed a real deal tear 😢 i always ❤️ JB & he the greatest football player ever

@spikemcge3857

Жыл бұрын

To see Jim Brown, toughest meanest SOB ever, cry....you know that was pure love for his friend. RIP Jim.

@bignardo95

Жыл бұрын

@@spikemcge3857 he's gone!

The Greatest Football Player Of All Time ! ( Jim Brown) !

@dumisatonyjohnson8145

3 жыл бұрын

That sir would be Lawrence Taylor of the New York football giants

as defensive players we were glad he went into the movie business. his dedication to people is just or more admirable.

The 64 Browns beat Unitas in his prime. Let that sink in. Jim Brown is goat in the NFL as a running back and in Lacrosse as a midfielder. Amazing life! Rip

the best ever and all of football my man Mr Jimmy Brown

RIP BIG JIM THE GREATEST RUNNING BACK OF ALL TIME.AND GREATEST BROWN !!!!!!!!!

I had the pleasure of watching him as I was growing up. He will always be the greatest to me, nobody even comes close!

6'2" 230lbs of all man. Never quit, strong as an ox, fast as hell, and tough as nails both mentally and physically. I asked my dad about Jim Brown when I was a kid and he said "he was a man among boys."

@Dragoncannon4

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha hilarious

@bugzmccarthy8416

2 жыл бұрын

Crazy pops was really living thru it. He look like hes on a whole different level of football just from the highlights. Listening to the defenders is hilarious

@ernestbrooks1157

Жыл бұрын

The Great Jim Brown will forever be remembered as the best ever .

I remember watching that game where he had that incredible 4 yd TD run against the Cowboys. To hear his peers talk about him the way they talk about him speaks volumes.

The Greatest NFL Running Back in history-Bar none

RIP JIM BROWN I lied when I said he was the best He was and still IS the GREATEST running back to ever play pro football.

Rest in peace sir. Much love and respect from the land

Rest Easy Jim, we Love you brother and we’ll NEVER FORGET your contributions to the Black community! 🏈🏈🏈

@Landis_Grant

Жыл бұрын

He was a female abuser.

@moss8448

Жыл бұрын

He WAS to be reckoned with

Best running back to ever play pro football 🏈

@reddvapesadvocates9737

Жыл бұрын

💯 in 96 games Jim Brown did what took Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders 300+ to do no one will ever touch his single season Touchdown record also in 1962 Jim Brown had 964 yards and 18 touchdowns all while playing with a broken toe and said he was disappointed in his performance imagine being #4 in Rushing and leading the league in touchdowns while having a broken toe and being disappointed in yourself

@dumisatonyjohnson8145

11 ай бұрын

@@reddvapesadvocates9737 36 yards shy of the 1,000 yard plateau. still impressive nonetheless

Blanton Collier should have been in the Hall of Fame along time ago. smh GO BROWNS!

As big, strong, tough and fast as he was it was his mentality and his smarts that made him the greatest.

Greatest player ever!!!

I've been watching pro football for almost sixty years. In that time I've seen Gale Sayers, the Juice, Walter, Tomlinson, and of course, Barry Sanders, all of them with immense skill at running with the ball. Most of them have exceeded Brown's totals. My opinion, which is really worth nothing in the scheme of things, is that Barry had the most skill. He was absolutely breathtaking. There are a couple of things that aren't pointed out about the latter guys, though. As good as they were, they weren't that much better than their peers. Jim Brown was. One account has it that fans of opposing teams would get to their feet just to watch him warm up for the coming game. How is that for recognition? Another important aspect of the game is FEAR. There have been a good number of defensive players that brought fear to the offense they were playing against-Doug Adkins, Deacon Jones, Dick Butkus, and of course Lawrence Taylor, to mention a few. There has been only one offensive player to bring fear to his opponents and that was Jim Brown. Closing with an amusing anecdote. The Green Bay great defensive end, Willie Davis, while being interviewed, stated something like this: all of the running backs that he saw, even the big and fast ones didn't like to get hit-they accepted it as just part of the game. When he first saw Jim Brown, his impression was "This guy looks like he wants to kick somebody's a$$." Jim Brown GOAT.

@brandonwilliams2165

2 жыл бұрын

I'd say a close second should be Earl Campbell. He was so destructive

@Dragoncannon4

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha....Hilarious shit

@cjmike1024

2 жыл бұрын

Dude when Deacon Jones has a fear of you, you a baaaaaaadddd maaannn!

@hennagaijin100

2 жыл бұрын

@@brandonwilliams2165 Brown,Campbell and Sayers........#1, 1A and 1B

@rashard4

Жыл бұрын

No one has exceeded his yards per game average, nor played that much with a 5 yard + average per carry.

RIP Jim

The God Father of Football, JB the Goat 🐐

Rip big dawg ❤😢

Perfect Combination of power beauty grace and brutality and speed .A five tool player .

As a Barry Sanders fan, Jim brown was a bad mannn....everyone looks 10 years old playing against Uncle Jim

@daviddavis3389

Жыл бұрын

Forget about little Barry. He's about # 7 at best.

Outstanding Presentation!

The degree of dominance might be subjective for each person but the fact of dominance is objective. The degree to which Jim Brown & Lawrence Taylor were dominant echoes through the history of the NFL. Like Michael Lombardi says, not all gold jackets are the same. The dominance of Brown & Taylor must be witnessed, watched or studied to be appreciated.

He was good people. His career was before I started watching the game. First time I saw him was a movie Tick Tick Tick.

out of all the nfl gladiators in the 100 year history of the only one man stands above them all and that's jim brown

@frederickrapp5396

4 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Charlotin I have absolutely no doubt that the NFL will select him as the greatest running back of the last 100 years. He stands alone. I feel so blessed that I got to watch him carry the football when I was a kid. He was the best. Don’t embarrass any football player by comparing him to Jim Brown.

@ccdogpark

2 жыл бұрын

If you watch the recent A&E series about Playboy and Hugh Hefner, Jim Brown was also a scumbag and a horribly violent sexual predator. It's hard to watch without being sickened. Brown was an even bigger scumbag than Bill Cosby. WRZ 2022-03-11

Best video on Jim Brown ever

@brandonwilliams2165

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more

@kingofnewyork7765

7 ай бұрын

Agreed

Not one of the best ... but the best , the very F BEST ✨✨✨

Rest in peace Condolences to the family

I fully expect the NFL to name Jim Brown as the #1 running back of the last 100 years. To name somebody else would be almost blasphemous. It’s like scripture that Jim is the greatest. I can’t think of anyone else who even comes close to Jim. He was that dominant. As Sam Huff said: “He was the ballplayer of the millennium.”

@alandenson6649

4 жыл бұрын

"Blasphemous" is EXACTLY the right word!

@jeejjjofk2596

3 жыл бұрын

No blasphemous is not right Jim is mortal

@1michiganwolverinesfan216

2 жыл бұрын

Barry>Jim

@ccdogpark

2 жыл бұрын

If you watch the recent A&E series about Playboy and Hugh Hefner, Jim Brown was also a scumbag and a horribly violent sexual predator. It's hard to watch without being sickened. Brown was an even bigger scumbag than Bill Cosby. WRZ 2022-03-11

@harlorformula8516

2 жыл бұрын

Of course they took the easy way out and named 12 RBs in no order 🙄 BROWN IS THE GREATEST.... PERIOD

RIP Jim Brown May 19

We Have Many-Many-Many-Many Great Running Backs In Professional Football. **Jim Brown** **The Man** **The** **Myth** **The Legend** His Pro Football Record **Speaks** For Itself!!!!!!!

Since he was and remains the greatest running back of all time -- there should be a special honor made for him -- like THE JIM BROWN HALL OF FAME in Canton ,Ohio -- or THE JIM BROWN PRO BOWL.

Saw this years ago..thanks for the upload.

24:28 Brady Keys is a great storyteller

Thank u so much for uploading this

NEVER PLAYED IN A CONTROL ENVIRONMENT. PLAYED HALF THE SEASON WITH A BROKEN WRIST. NEVER MISS A GAME EVERY TWO RUSHINGS WAS A FIRST DOWN. (5.2 YARDS PER CARRY STILL NO.1 AFTER 60 YEARS) HOF LINEBACKER SAM HUFF ONCE SAID ABOUT JIM BROWN. I THOUGHT SUPERMAN CAME ON TELEVISION SHOWS ON SATURDAYS MORNINGS. NO HE WEARS NO.32 AND HE PLAYS ON SUNDAYS FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWN. JIM BROWN THE GREATEST ATHLETE EVER TO STEP ONTO AN FOOTBALL FIELD.

The scary th8ng is that he is also considered the greatest Lacrosse player ever, and he carried a stick!

Thank you for this!

But nobody's perfect.

R.I.P a great running back he's number one on my list I see a player better than Tommy Girl ,

@dwightlove3704

Жыл бұрын

Brady could not have played in this era he would not be allowed to cry to the refs.

The Goat 🐐 RIP

🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️

R.I.P. Jim Brown. You were the best NFL player of all time. Since I have seen all players since 1958, I can say in my opinion that he is the best player ever.

@kingyoung3192

Күн бұрын

Glad you left this comment it means tons

He was a 9.5 100yd dash man

@keithsmith4780

2 жыл бұрын

I'd believe Bobby Mitchell could run a 9.5, but I'd estimate Brown ran a 9.8 or 9.9, just based on watching his long runs. At least I never heard he was a 9.5 sprinter.

@dwightlove3704

2 жыл бұрын

@@keithsmith4780 Mitchell was a Big 10 sprint champion and I think he was a hurdler as well.Some ppl said Brown was a 9.4 guy in his prime.

What was Jim Brown like playing against? Imagine 2012 Adrian Peterson. Imagine the Adrian Peterson who rushed for 6 yards per carry, and over a hundred yards per game. Now imagine that player doing it for 9 years. That is what Jim Brown did relative to his era.

@youngblood4127

Жыл бұрын

Great analysis and comparison and I agree.

@johnclerk666

Жыл бұрын

that was Jim Brown in any era!

@robertsprouse9282

Жыл бұрын

@GR, "four years in the fives"..and who else has done that?

RIP

Frank Gifford called him Superman

The G.O.A.T.

GOD came down from heaven to make this real man ,,,,,,,, THE BEST ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ONELOVE.

My philosophy is called NOI PROTOCOL 1950-1965. They got shit done. Farracon and the Rev Jakes do a lot of ripping

My top 10 running backs (excluding Jim Brown and assuming he's number one) Barry Sanders Walter Payton Eric Dickerson LaDainian Tomlinson almost could be in his own category. Adrian Peterson deserves an award for longevity and talent O. J. Simpson Marshall Faulk Tony Dorsett Marcus Allen got to have a Raider in there Earl Campbell was his own special kind of beast. Thurman Thomas Gale Sayers would be up on top if he had a longer career.

@brandonwilliams2165

Жыл бұрын

Honestly couldn't agree more with your list. Might have Campbell alil higher on mine but that's a hell of a list

@mylittlepitbull3143

Жыл бұрын

@@brandonwilliams2165 sure, move him up.

In the discussion, for the GOAT in TWO sports... He changed lacrosse. A Syracuse scout said he was better in HS than any lax player in college.

@bugzmccarthy8416

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou. He woulda dominated all the pro leagues of the 60s in lacrosse as well

@raymondlasalle8730

Жыл бұрын

Jim Brown was more brain than braun much to the consternation of the sports enthusiasts of his era. He was a great leader on many fronts, which only a few really understood and deeply appreciated. He needs no introduction into the pantheon of all time greats. A hero of mine for sure!!!

Just my $0.2 cents. It's important to note, that the first 4 years of Browns career the NFL had a 12-game schedule. (1957-1960) The last 5 years of Browns career the NFL played a 14-game schedule. So, when people start comparing JB to other modern day backs it's important to remind them that Jim Brown didn't play 16 games a year over 9 years.

@brandonwilliams2165

Жыл бұрын

Extremely important! That's why I go by "games played" instead of seasons. That's why OJs 2000 yard rushing season was the best. He did it in a 14 game schedule as opposed to everyone else's 16 game season

@robertsprouse9282

Жыл бұрын

@@brandonwilliams2165, Brown on wider spread hashmarks, creating less sweeping plays snapped on the far side of the field making it harder to run around end from those hashes(in '73 hashes had been moved in vs. 1963's and the number of 1000 yds. runners exploded in that '73 season), averaged more yds. per carry in his 1963 season of 1863 yds rushing= 6.4 vs. the Slasher with his 2003 in 1973= 6.0. Furthermore, BROWN faced the same defenses 12 times in 1963(6 teams in his EASTERN CONF. × two games= 12)..The Cutback Runner in 1973 faced the same D's only 8 times(4 teams twice).. Defenses can always adjust better the second time, yet in all but the ST. LOUIS CARDS, and PHILLY EAGLES games in '63, did BROWN not improve on his first game rushing performance. In fact, he ran for over 200 yds against DALLAS in his second meeting with them. The Bruno Mali shoes spokesman in his first go-round vs. each AFC EASTERN division team in their first meetings in '73 went for 663 yds.÷4 teams =166 yds a gm.. in meeting two= 594 yds.÷4 teams= 149 yds per game. In '63, BROWN IN the first go-round went 707 yds in 6 gms= 118 yds per game..in meeting two JIM BROWN went for 990 yds÷6 gms= 165 yds per game..an improvement of 47 yds per game. In 1973 "you know who" went 17 yds less per game in meeting two= 166 vs. 149 yds per game in meeting two. No one does that nearly 50 yds per game improvement in meeting two vs every team met twice while breaking at least 130 yds per game on the season in a full schedule. Check every runner.. You will not find any who ever did that.. And, that includes DICKERSON AND PETERSON the only other 130 yds per game rushers. In fact, no 120-129 yds per game rushers have done that= SANDERS, DAVIS, LEWIS, HENRY.. No one..

@brandonwilliams2165

Жыл бұрын

@@robertsprouse9282 depends on how you look at it. One can day brown faced the same sorry defenses more and had a clear advantage in that regard. Jim Brown had a much better overall team than OJ. Aside from the bills o-line, OJ had no help. OJ ran for 275 AND STILL LOST THE GAME. That's amazing that you have that many ways to describe him without saying his name. Would it really have melted you or killed you to type/say "OJ"? LMAO

@robertsprouse9282

Жыл бұрын

@@brandonwilliams2165, you mean the one whose lawyer admitted he water saturated a glove or gloves to make them shrink and not fit("IF THEY DON'T FIT YOU MUST ACQUIT."-ATTY. COCHRAN). You mean the one who lied about ever owning BRUNO MALI shoes when he did a magazine ad for them? You know. No, I will not say the name and if you do not like it, TOUGH BLEEP! As for your other points, You did not mention that JIM BROWN is the only 130+ or 120+ per yards per game back in a season to rush on the average for 47 or more yds. MORE vs. all, good or bad defenses, teams the second time that he faced them VS. THE FIRST TIME, IN THE SAME SEASON.. THE ONLY ONE. Now, if your argument applied in every case or in a large number of cases that would be one thing.. Its not common or in abundance.. No, IT ISN'T.. It applies to only ONE PLAYER.. YOUR MOVE.. Oh, and if you think the NY JETS, a fading BALTY squad, and N.ENG. had great or adequate defenses vs. YOU KNOW WHO, you are kidding yourself. When is your best bud going to pay the civil case money to the families? CIVILLY HE IS not innocent. Is he? YOUR MOVE..

@brandonwilliams2165

Жыл бұрын

@@robertsprouse9282 I'm still not sure he did it. I didn't know water alone shrunk clothes or a glove. Always thought that was the dryer. Jim Brown is the greatest to me. But he didn't have it as bad as OJ. Jim Brown's QB gave them hope and him relief. OJs QB could barely complete passes. The defense was solely focused on OJ. Brown had less resources devoted to him

He's what we call in my neighborhood a BAD π√+#€& ¥√©%€& !!!

Was there a college course to tackle JB?

@brandonwilliams2165

2 жыл бұрын

Legend has it that no one passed

🙏🏿👑👑🙏🏿🙏🏿✊🏿✊🏿👊🏿👊🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿👑

If they had said Muhammad Ali step forward. He would have stepped forward.

Not a successful movie career. But a great athlete and an interesting man.

@galesayers

2 жыл бұрын

On the contrary, he had quite the cult following in the Black community due to his Blaxploitation films in the 70s. Low budget films that all made good money.

@keithsmith4780

2 жыл бұрын

Anybody who's getting paid to be in movies is having a successful movie career. Probably 95% of the people who want to make a living in movies never do. It's the same as pro sports. Many want to but few do.

@edwardturner4311

Жыл бұрын

Ever watch The Dirty Dozen? Or 1000 Rifles??

jim was NFL MVP 8 of 9 years in the NFL. Name another? im waiting? He rushed for 1863 in 1963, with a 6.4 yard average. name another?

@brandonwilliams2165

2 жыл бұрын

And he led the league in rushing 8 of 9 times. And those were just 12 and 14 game schedules. In that season where he rushed for 1863, that was a 14 game schedule. He average 133 yards per game..

@paysonfox88

2 жыл бұрын

2012 Adrian Peterson. 1972 or so with OJ Simpson. 1998 Terrell Davis Could have rushed for 2,400 yd if he had wanted to. Of all of those, Adrian Peterson came close to Jim Brown's best season. In 2012 Adrian Peterson was averaging over 6 yards per carry, with the entire defense trying to kill him, and no quarterback taking the pressure off. He rushed for more yards than his quarterback threw for, and drug the Vikings into the playoffs where they had no business being.

If i was his agent I would totally say go kiss Raquel and thank you.

No.1 player in NFL History,nothing agin Jerry Rice , greatest receiver maybe.But U change the rules and so=on plus more games 2 open up the offense,hinder the defense.Some reason ,that reminds of baseball,and Bob Gibson,Denny McLain and others,lower the mound.Thats Entertainment!

I find the Fitzgerald quote ironic, he stole most of his work from his wife!

Beast. Best ever? Debatable. I lean towards Barry Sanders.

@bthorn5035

4 жыл бұрын

@White Oak Grove Church Barry did phenomenal with a mediocre line, AT BEST. Nearly all of his highlight runs are from broken plays. He literally did that shit by himself. Mr. Brown was a downhill runner. Yes, he broke a shit ton of tackles and deserves praise for that, but his team made lanes for him. His team opened up holes in the front seven, offering him the ability to shuck off smaller men in the secondary. Barry had defenders in the BACKFIELD by the time he touched the ball. Look, I'm not a lions or browns fanboy by any stretch. I call it like I see it. Brown was a bruiser. Sanders was a human joystick. From an athletic point of view, the shifty bastard running 80 yards just to gain 34 gets the nod from me.

@prets19

4 жыл бұрын

Then you lean the wrong way

@markwoldin162

3 жыл бұрын

104 yards per game when defenses were keyed on running. That is a monstrous number. And defenses were ever more brutal, with no cameras to expose dirty tactics (twisting ankles, scratching eyes).

@markwoldin162

3 жыл бұрын

@@bthorn5035 Very strong argument.

@1michiganwolverinesfan216

2 жыл бұрын

Barry Sanders is better. The fact that he's the so called best college player ever is a lie. Barry had more TDs in his draft year more then Jim Brown ever had in his college career. Barry had more rushing TDs then Jim Brown did in the NFL. He had more yards on a worse team. He didn't have the OL Brown had.

For sheer talent , Bo Jackson , Herschel Walker , are the best

@jojowhite9296

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, keep dreaming. Bo was a great athlete but Brown was a man amongst boys.

Jim Brown: awesome. But what gets me is how they say he's the greatest,etc., but Wilt Chamberlain is NOT the greatest because the 1960s sports teams were filled with plumbers and rednecks. So... would Jim Brown had averaged over 100yds/game had he played in the 80s or 90s? Or today? Apparently Wilt Chamberlain only played against short weak white dudes. But didn't Jim Brown too? Wait, what about Bill Russell? He gets supreme credit for helping win 11 titles. But...Wilt regularly put up 50+ points and 25+ rebounds every time he matched up with Russell. Put Jim Brown then against linebackers like Ray Lewis and DEs like Bruce Smith and speedy cornerbacks and safeties like Deion and Darrell Green and we'll see how far Jim's numbers drop. Can't give Wilt credit for being the goat then you can't give Brown any more credit.

@williamkerfoot8039

11 ай бұрын

Hey! Show some respect 🤬!

@kingofnewyork7765

7 ай бұрын

This video has nothing to do with Wilt you obsessed clown you sound feeble as hell

@kingofnewyork7765

7 ай бұрын

Wilt never averaged anything close to 50 points against Russell, his averages always dropped against Russell. Also his efficiency. And he always lost to Russell even when he had a better team. You’re disgusting and insecure at

The guy backs Trump.

I will have to say, tackling technique was poor back then.

@kingofnewyork7765

6 ай бұрын

Nah you needed 3-4 guys to bring Jim Brown, most hits he took would be penalties and ejections today

Ukrainians

good football player, horrible actor

Civil rights, politics and serial woman abuser the late great legendary running back for the Cleveland Browns. Women can rejoice safely now.

@brandonwilliams2165

Жыл бұрын

Eat a bag of dicks

Funny that it's Black History month and you quote a white writer. There are so many Black writers.

When he retired at the age of 29 that's where Walter Payton became the all time leading rusher but when Payton retired that was when Emmitt Smith took that role now and still is the NFL all time leading rusher

Jim Brown is the greatest.. Only since OJ gets erased.

@brandonwilliams2165

Жыл бұрын

OJ will never be erased. Not to those who matter

@beyourself2444

Жыл бұрын

OJ hero was Jim Brown

@bjones140

Жыл бұрын

@@beyourself2444 everyone’s hero was Jim brown ask Barry sanders dad rip to a g.o.a.t

RIP

The guy backs Trump.

@brandonwilliams2165

4 жыл бұрын

For some reason. Thankfully he had plenty contributions in the 60s to the civil rights movement

@brandonwilliams2165

4 жыл бұрын

@@markwoldin162 check out the football documentary "Third and Long". You'll see. He's pictured with Ali, Kareem, and other activists/civil rights leaders. He also went against a racist Georgia governor back in the early 70s on Saturday night live i think. Also started the Amer-I-can program. Ain't much he didn't do

@markwoldin162

4 жыл бұрын

@@brandonwilliams2165 Not only am I familiar with that press conference with Ali and the other great athletes, but I saw it back then. I repeat: Jim Brown publicly supported Nixon for president and he supported Trump and he visited Trump after Trump got elected. Those are facts. Do with them what you will. Personally anyone who voted for Trump I wouldn't trust to babysit my daughter

@brandonwilliams2165

4 жыл бұрын

@@markwoldin162 I don't know why he voted for Nixon back then. But at the same time I wouldn't say he's not an activist

@markwoldin162

4 жыл бұрын

@@brandonwilliams2165 Right, Brandon. I would never say that he wasn't. First it's not for someone like me but doesn't do anything the point fingers, and secondly, clearly JB does things and is an activist. I am simply saying but he is not an important activist in that his name never came up in the crucial 60s and 70s except in that one case where he met with a bunch of other athletes to stand up with Muhammad Ali when he refused to serve in the army. But what brown said then was that he spoke with Ali and he was convinced that Ali was sincere in his principles but he didn't back Ali's decision. Brown was not involved in March is he was not involved in protest he did not stand with dr. King he did not talk about the Legacy slavery and sharecropping and Jim Crow and all the other terrible burdens and difficulties that we're facing country. He believes as so many NFL players believe that the owners and the bosses and the rich guys and the people in charge that they are right and that capitalism is right and that everyone has to just suck it up and not complain and go about his business. But what has brown done except carry the football? What would he have been if he had not been a football player? I am a inveterate sports fan but I am not so foolish as to believe that a great athlete extols virtues because real virtues are displayed in the real world and real courage it's not something that is easily translatable from a football field or a baseball field or a tennis court. That's a fantasy.