Forget Football, baseball, and all that.

After watching a week of Olympic Trials, I really do think that the best athletes are Olympians. The gymnasts, especially. NO ONE ELSE can do what they do.

I've been saying, that if you can be 300 lbs and still compete in a sport, you're not an athlete.

Football = any strong fat guy can help the team.
Baseball = lots of fat guys can hit, but can't run.

I think Basketball is the sole group-sport that necessitates real athletes on a team. And soccer, too.

You don't NEED to be athletic to be a star on your team. (Do I need to make baseball references?)

I think a true athlete can stand apart, him/herself -- without the need of a team (but of course, with them is okay). Those gymnasts just blew me away -- strength, power, endurance, discipline, endurance, agility, dexterity, etc, ...what running back or shortstop has ALL of that??