Although there are many in my circle of friends that are apathetic to sports, I can't help but be drawn into the idea of "superhuman" feats and statistical outliers that always seem to permeate major sports.
We live in an era where being a 40 year old quarterback is not only possible but can play at top 1%. An era where an NBA player who entered after highschool has played for more than 15 years and has not had a major injury despite playing nonstop and has single highhandedly put a no name basketball team on the map. An era where not one but two of the greatest soccer players have played and peaked at the same time.
And all this is happening as teams hire more Post Docs in Stats and Math to find the secret sauce that makes teams great or find ways to break the game in their favor.
If you like Wayne Gretzky I suggest you look up interviews regarding the work ethic and impressive mental skills of other top players like Kobe Bryant and Cristiano Ronaldo, these guys are geniuses in their field but are absolute work horses with incredible discipline.
We live in an era where being a 40 year old quarterback is not only possible but can play at top 1%. An era where an NBA player who entered after highschool has played for more than 15 years and has not had a major injury despite playing nonstop and has single highhandedly put a no name basketball team on the map. An era where not one but two of the greatest soccer players have played and peaked at the same time.
And all this is happening as teams hire more Post Docs in Stats and Math to find the secret sauce that makes teams great or find ways to break the game in their favor.
If you like Wayne Gretzky I suggest you look up interviews regarding the work ethic and impressive mental skills of other top players like Kobe Bryant and Cristiano Ronaldo, these guys are geniuses in their field but are absolute work horses with incredible discipline.