"Ronaldo is the best! He is the best! Luis Ronaldo, there was no defence that could contain him! Ronaldo!" Said a friend of mine, as he thrashed his arms around much like a 10 year old in a candy store. "Messi can't hold a candle to him, and don't even talk to be about the Portuguese Ronaldo. God. That other Ronaldo guy change his name. Luis Ronaldo is the best!"
This outburst, of course, was my fault, because I love to poke a response like this out of him (it really is amusing to watch). But this got me thinking, who is the best? Or rather, why is it that it is rarely black and white, in anything in life, that we can agree on who the best is.
And the more I thought about it, the more I got the feeling that what we define to be 'the best' is simply that which inspires us the most (or sometimes, that which we aspire to be). And we all find inspiration in different places - Some are inspired by the fact that Ronaldo (9) was a one man army, some by the genius of Messi at such a young age (I'll stick to football, for consistency). And the last thing any person wants is to lose their spark of inspiration.
I think we will protect that spark, no matter what. I have another friend who believed Ryan Giggs was a god. He is, on the football field, but he seemed to handle matters pretty badly in his personal life. And when my friend found out, she was gutted. And she should be, losing that spark is pretty horrible.
Ronaldo captured our imagination when we were kids - when Brazil played, the world watched. He was confident on the ball, he genius was remarkable. And he made quite the impression on my friend at his impressionable age. I know understand the fervour with which he defends his hero, his 'best.'
And the wonderful thing about poker? You could be the best and never know it. It is a game where the obvious effects of variance are so easy to see- you could be the greatest player ever, run bad, and quit (or be lost in the Micros). But we still have players we consider to be the best. And what do we base this on? Them actually being the best? More likely, I think, on the type of player we aspire to be. I started out thinking Doyle was the nutz, then Ferguson, then Dwan, then Ivey and now, Hellmuth? (Naaah)
So the next time you're fighting over who the best is, ask yourself how they inspire you (and, if you're in the mood, how your friend's best inspires him), and you might take away more from the slugfest that is going to ensue.
And atleast there's one thing we know for sure..
Sachin is the best :)
This outburst, of course, was my fault, because I love to poke a response like this out of him (it really is amusing to watch). But this got me thinking, who is the best? Or rather, why is it that it is rarely black and white, in anything in life, that we can agree on who the best is.
And the more I thought about it, the more I got the feeling that what we define to be 'the best' is simply that which inspires us the most (or sometimes, that which we aspire to be). And we all find inspiration in different places - Some are inspired by the fact that Ronaldo (9) was a one man army, some by the genius of Messi at such a young age (I'll stick to football, for consistency). And the last thing any person wants is to lose their spark of inspiration.
I think we will protect that spark, no matter what. I have another friend who believed Ryan Giggs was a god. He is, on the football field, but he seemed to handle matters pretty badly in his personal life. And when my friend found out, she was gutted. And she should be, losing that spark is pretty horrible.
Ronaldo captured our imagination when we were kids - when Brazil played, the world watched. He was confident on the ball, he genius was remarkable. And he made quite the impression on my friend at his impressionable age. I know understand the fervour with which he defends his hero, his 'best.'
And the wonderful thing about poker? You could be the best and never know it. It is a game where the obvious effects of variance are so easy to see- you could be the greatest player ever, run bad, and quit (or be lost in the Micros). But we still have players we consider to be the best. And what do we base this on? Them actually being the best? More likely, I think, on the type of player we aspire to be. I started out thinking Doyle was the nutz, then Ferguson, then Dwan, then Ivey and now, Hellmuth? (Naaah)
So the next time you're fighting over who the best is, ask yourself how they inspire you (and, if you're in the mood, how your friend's best inspires him), and you might take away more from the slugfest that is going to ensue.
And atleast there's one thing we know for sure..
Sachin is the best :)
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