Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe
James Francis "Jim" Thorpe: Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; May 22, 1887 – March 28, 1953) was a Sac and Fox athlete of Native American and European ancestry. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, played American football, and also played professional baseball and basketball. He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he was paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth28 May 1887
CountryUnited States of America
The competition out here is incredible and it gets tougher every week. But this week is more exciting for me than any other this year, knowing I have won two in a row and I play well here.
If it was my tour, I would play it with no carts. I think it's a disadvantage to the spectators keeping up with their favorite players.
Man, ... I've had enough of this s---.
The reason we can play, ... is that it's not about the golf swing. It makes no difference how you swing the club as long as you can win the money.
Thorpe was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in its first class. My grandfather was a footnote. Until today.
You have to use a lot of creativity out there.
We were in the same Q-school at Disney World. We competed then, and here we are, 32 years later, still competing.
Yeah, but Hale owns that place over there.
I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that noble warrior [Chief Black Hawk].
I never was content unless I was trying my skill...or testing my endurance.
Track and field, because it was something I could do by myself, one-on-one, me against everybody else.
I have always liked sport and only played or run races for the fun of the thing.
The Yankees, you see, they're a money team, they're the class of baseball. You don't ever bet against that.
I give 'em the hip, then I take it away.