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Posted on 4/24/19 at 10:59 pm to LSUlunatic
Posted on 4/24/19 at 10:59 pm to LSUlunatic
Len Bias
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Posted on 4/24/19 at 11:07 pm to TigerintheNO
Steffi Graf. She was ranked #3 in the world and made two grand slam finals during her final year on tour but retired due to lack of motivation. Also Michael Phelps won five gold medals in his final event, the 2016 Olympics.
This post was edited on 4/24/19 at 11:10 pm
Posted on 4/24/19 at 11:12 pm to LSUlunatic
Ricky Williams for a RB had a long NFL career. Him not being able to play for 2 years may have helped him long term. As NFL running back go he might have one of the more underated NFL RB careers.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 11:25 pm to genro
Chris Borland the second year up and coming linebacker for San Fran who retired
Posted on 4/25/19 at 12:15 am to genuineLSUtiger
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Bjorn Borg
#1 answer
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For so long, Bjorn Borg wanted to flee from the tremendous pressure of being the world's No. 1 tennis player and the crowds of shrieking teen-age girls yanking out clumps of his blond hair. He was sure retirement would be different, that he could rest, spend his millions, live happily ever after. He had no idea what was ahead.
By all appearances, Borg probably did not try to commit suicide two weeks ago in Milan, Italy. But once he ended his triumphant career and escaped to his seaside villa in Monte Carlo, Borg's life grew troubled and uncertain, enduring a series of disappointments he has only begun to reverse.
"I just have the feeling that he's bored blind," said Mary Carillo, the former tennis pro now a television commentator. "I really think that's his biggest problem. For so many years tennis was absolutely his touchstone, the thing that always gave him his identity, made him Bjorn Borg. Now, he doesn't have that any more.
He was a hero and a heartthrob, yet all the while, and into his 20s, he liked to read Kalle Anka (Donald Duck) comics on the plane.
"He was a sensation," said Nastase, who was among Borg's closest friends on the tour. "He was a teen-ager at Wimbledon, so young. He was like Boris Becker, only bigger. He loved tennis. The other things--he didn't love that."
While Borg was winning five consecutive Wimbledon titles in 1976-80, he needed bodyguards to get him to the court and past the rows of schoolgirls tugging at his shirt and stroking his face. Often, he arrived at an event in a chauffeured limousine already dressed in his tennis clothes with a bag of rackets in hand because it was easier to make his getaway later. He'd shower back at his room.
The invasion of his privacy became so legendary that two years ago Mats Wilander was asked how badly he wanted to become No. 1. "Not so badly," he replied. "I don't want to end up like Borg."
Although Borg earned more than $36 million in career prize money and more than doubled that in endorsements and investments, he gradually began to lose interest in competition. After his ranking slipped to No. 4 in 1981, he took five months off, briefly staged a comeback, then left the tour again. By January 1983--at the age of 26--he had had it.
"He hated that whole year before," Kain said. "He wasn't enjoying the tennis. He couldn't envision being No. 4 or 5. That wasn't for him. But he also didn't think he could work as hard as necessary to get back to No. 1 again, because he'd worked so hard all his life and now he was tired. So he had to quit. He really had no choice."
Said Carillo: "He invented burn-out."
This post was edited on 4/25/19 at 12:19 am
Posted on 4/25/19 at 12:17 am to LSUlunatic
White Goodman, Globogym Cobras
Posted on 4/25/19 at 12:20 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Kalle Anka (Donald Duck)
I learned the English language reading these and Uncle Scrooge adventures. My dad had saved hundreds, maybe more than a thousand from his youth. Great shite.
Posted on 4/25/19 at 12:36 am to LSUlunatic
Sedrick Ellis. He admitted after he retired that he didn't love football anymore. Makes sense now after trying to figure out why he never seemed to play up to his potential.
Posted on 4/25/19 at 4:59 am to TigerintheNO
Soooooooo Not George Forman
Posted on 4/25/19 at 5:42 am to TigerintheNO
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his only loss was to Ali.
Nope also lost to Jimmy Young and retired (first time)afterword.
Supposedly had a near death experience after the fight and found God.
Posted on 4/25/19 at 5:48 am to LSUlunatic
Not considered the “best” but Glen Coffee “left to join a bigger cause...
Posted on 4/25/19 at 6:42 am to yaboidarrell
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Chris Borland retired right after his rookie season despite almost making the Pro Bowl.
Retired because of head injuries.
This post was edited on 4/25/19 at 7:48 am
Posted on 4/25/19 at 6:56 am to Lou Pai
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Len Bias
Underrated post
Posted on 4/25/19 at 6:59 am to ThePTExperience1969
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TBH the first guy who comes to mind about this is MJ and his first retirement, I mean everything about that final year and what occurred after they completed the threepeat just screams out burnout
Wasn't that rumored to be a low-key suspension for his compulsive gambling?
Posted on 4/25/19 at 7:14 am to LSUlunatic
Maybe Mayweather, but he obviously came back later.
Posted on 4/25/19 at 7:18 am to bbeck
Weird that he quit football to serve in the army and only stayed in like 4 years.
Posted on 4/25/19 at 7:19 am to Northshore Saint
Napoleon Kaufman
Posted on 4/25/19 at 7:30 am to LSUlunatic
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Anthony Kim may apply here also.
AK didn't get burned out, he just has an insurance policy that makes it financially irresponsible for him to come back and play on tour again.
Posted on 4/25/19 at 7:44 am to bbeck
quote:I wish people would get his story right. He left football to be in the ministry, was later arrested on a gun charge, and then joined the military.
Not considered the “best” but Glen Coffee “left to join a bigger cause...
He was quoted as saying God lead him in another direction from football. I think that direction was good. Glad to see him helping out our country in the military.
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