The other day on PTI, I saw an interview from someone associated with the LA Galaxy. He was defending his star player, David Beckham, because "Becks" has yet to play any meaningful time in the North American league. This guy was arguing that soccer players are as tough as any other athletes out there. At this point I broke out laughing (as I was listening on my Ipod the other people in my office now think I am nuts). I can think of so many other players in many other sports that are tougher that it's not even funny.
- Scott Niedermayer played for half the season on a broken foot, and was still better than 3/4 of the league.
- Mike Comrie separated his shoulder in the second round of the playoffs and still played in every game thereafter, throwing hits and taking shots.
- Steve Yzerman shredded his knee helping team Canada win olympic gold, and then proceeded to lead his Red Wings through the gruelling playoffs, essentially on one knee, to claim the Stanley Cup and also the Conn Smythe trophie as the playoff MVP (I think).
- There was that rugby player in Australia not too long ago that played for months with a tooth from another player lodged in his skull.
- The guy in the X-Games last week who plummeted at least 50 feet to the ramp and not only walked away, but also claimed the silver medal for his troubles.
- Just tonight, Scott Coe of the Calgary Stampeders broke his hand in the first half of the game and came back out for the second half and is throwing hits and making tackles.
I would take the wussiest hockey player in the world over the toughest soccer player any day. Okay, maybe not Yashin....
*** Update ***
I heard today that there was a pitcher for the Colorado Rockies that pitched 5 innings with a broken leg in the last week. That is amazing considering the stress put on the legs of a pitcher when going through the pitching motion.
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