Baningi abantu abadla imifino eMhlabeni, futhi nsuku zonke bayanda. Bayanda abantu abadla imifino abadumile. Ngeledlule sikhuluma ngabaculi nabaculi abanqaba inyama. UMike Tyson, uMohammed Ali nabanye abasubathi abadla imifino bangamaqhawe esihlokweni sethu sanamuhla. Futhi sizoqala ngommeleli womunye wemidlalo “edlulele” kakhulu…
Viswanathan Anand. I-Chess. Grandmaster (1988), FIDE iqhawe emhlabeni (2000-2002). U-Anand udlala ngokushesha okukhulu, uchitha isikhathi esincane ecabanga ngomnyakazo, ngisho nalapho ehlangana nabadlali be-chess abaqine kakhulu emhlabeni. Uthathwa njengonamandla emhlabeni ku-chess esheshayo (isikhathi somdlalo wonke sisuka kumizuzu eyi-15 kuye kwengama-60) naku-blitz (imizuzu emi-5).
Muhammad Ali. Isibhakela. 1960 Olympic Light Heavyweight Champion. I-Multiple World Heavyweight Champion. Umsunguli wesibhakela sesimanje. Iqhinga lika-Ali “lokundiza njengovemvane futhi ulume njengenyosi” kamuva lasetshenziswa abashayisibhakela abaningi emhlabeni wonke. U-Ali waqanjwa njengeSportsman of the Century ngo-1999 yi-Sports Illustrated kanye ne-BBC.
U-Ivan Poddubny. Ukuzabalaza. Umpetha womhlaba wezikhathi ezinhlanu ku-wrestling yakudala phakathi kochwepheshe kusukela ngo-1905 kuya ku-1909, Honored Master of Sports. Iminyaka engu-40 yokusebenza, akazange alahlekelwe ubuqhawe noyedwa (wanqotshwa kuphela ezimpini ezihlukene).
UMike Tyson. Isibhakela. Umpetha womhlaba ngokuphelele esigabeni se-heavyweight ngokwe-WBC (1986-1990, 1996), WBA (1987-1990, 1996) kanye ne-IBF (1987-1990). UMike, ophethe amarekhodi amaningana omhlaba, wake waze wayisusa indlebe yomphikisi wakhe, kodwa manje akasenandaba nhlobo nokunambitheka kwenyama. Ukudla kwemifino kumzuzise ngokusobala lo mshayisibhakela wakudala. Ngemva kokuthola amashumi ambalwa amakhilogremu eminyakeni yamuva, uTyson manje ubukeka efanelekile futhi engumsubathi.
UJohnny Weissmuller. Ukubhukuda. Umpetha wama-Olympic izikhathi ezinhlanu, usethe amarekhodi omhlaba angama-67. Eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Tarzan yokuqala emhlabeni, u-Weissmuller wadlala indima yesihloko efilimini yango-1932 i-Tarzan the Ape Man.
Serena Williams. Ithenisi. "I-racket yokuqala" yomhlaba ngo-2002, 2003 no-2008, umpetha wama-Olympic ngo-2000, owawina kabili emqhudelwaneni weWimbledon. Ngo-2002-2003, uwine wonke ama-Grand Slam angu-4 elandelana (kodwa hhayi ngonyaka owodwa). Kusukela lapho, akekho okwazile ukuphinda le mpumelelo - phakathi kwabesifazane, noma phakathi kwabesilisa.
Mac Danzig. Umbukiso wezokulwa. Owinile we-KOTC Lightweight Championship ka-2007. U-Mac ubelokhu edla ukudla okuqinile kwe-vegan kusukela ngo-2004 futhi uyisishoshovu samalungelo ezilwane: “Uma uzikhathalela ngempela izilwane futhi unamandla okwenza okuthile, kwenze. Khuluma ngokuzethemba ngalokho okukholelwayo futhi ungazami ukuphoqa abantu ukuthi bashintshe. Khumbula ukuthi ukuphila kufushane kakhulu ukuthi ungalinda. Asikho isenzo esizuzisa ukwedlula ukusiza izilwane eziswele.”