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"Jamie Vardy is a bit like Ian Wright, I think Ian Wright came through quite late from non-league, and was clearly a fantastic striker."
"He's having like a Tim Duncan goat case right now, just vibe I'm speaking of."
"I think Hamilton will deliver in the Mercedes like Alonso. He is that driver that delivers amazing consistency."
"The dominance was different with Jordan. It felt so... it felt like Jordan's like LeBron mixed with Kobe."
"I hate people say, 'Well, it's the Floyd era.' Floyd fought everybody. He didn't duck nobody."
"The pairing of Demetrius Johnson and John Dodson was stylistic perfection."
"In a hypothetical draft, at any age, I'm going to take Larry Bird just a little bit over LeBron James."
"I think Fury proved that he's the best heavyweight on the planet."
"If LeBron wins this Lakers title, the GOAT conversation has to be reopened."
"Your lottery pick, you've got the potential to be like a better, more athletic version of Jaylen Brown."
"I think the joker's still working the post is better than almost anybody in the league."
"Mayweather is a far more complete fighter, far better fighter."
"In top spot, partially by virtue of longevity but also success, it can only be Owen Hargreaves."
"JK Dobbins stands on a list with pretty much only elite-level players."
"I would have to say AI not because he was a better player than just Tracy McGrady but because his impact was greater." - Stephen A. Smith
"WWE should have Sasha hold as many title reigns as Charlotte."
"He looked like the type of receiver Antonio Brown was."
"He's probably the best back in football right now. Better than, right now there's nobody playing better than him. It's not close."
"Since Bruno signed, he's been the most impactful player that we've had."
"Michael Jordan's the greatest basketball player of all time."
"Michael Jordan over LeBron James any day of the week."
"Jonathan David... people call him the Canadian R9."
"Isn't it crazy... that Mikhail Bridges is older than Jalen Brown? Freaky to think about."
"No one had a better year than Davis and Figueredo."
"Defense oh I'm sorry he fouled out Rihanna's and 17 first of all Giannis at 25 points in 17 minutes it's just incredible but"
"The narrative isn't the Russell Wilson story, it's what do you do with and what do you think about Justin Herbert right now."
"Ronaldinho or prime Keane? Totally different players. You know I'm not one to compare players that are very different players."
"There's no difference between him being 150 behind and 160 behind cuz he missed like a year and a half or whatever."
"Herbert wasn't asked to do a whole lot compared to some other prospects in this class."
"It must also mean that we're gonna see a difference through Will gone in the Jon Jones fight."
"He's like a quarterback version of Barry Sanders."
"Jeremy McGrath was in the Twilight of his career before finally being dethroned by Ricky Carmichael, AKA the Goat."
"A fighter destined to become the mixed martial arts equivalent of Michael Jordan."
"He's like a mix of like healthy Derrick Rose and AI, like he's one in his own."
"Ronaldo has no peer other than Messi; they are two of the best players that will ever play this game."
"There would be a day in the future when we could stop talking about style versus style and instead talk about athlete versus athlete."
"Kobe was mentally tougher than me. That's a quote from Jordan, and I believe it."
"Wilt is one, Kareem is two, Bill Russell is three, Hakeem is four, Shaq is five. Honorable mention goes to Moses Malone."
"Tia Toomey and Matt Fraser, side by side, I mean it's basically a mirror image."
"John Wall is honestly a more athletic Rajon Rondo."
"He's a better player in my opinion." - David Montgomery
"You're not Neymar... you're Marcus rashford."
"Now MJ gets the Hop and spot on the goat board."
"Bud spence will go just like spence versus brooke."
"Spence has a better jab, body puncher, better chin, more power, higher land percentage, and better defense."
"There are identical parallels from what DJ Moore and Terry McLaurin have been able to do each of the last couple years."
"In the words of Gary Neville, Cafu and Roberto Carlos would be looking at this man."
"LeBron James is probably the greatest basketball player ever built."
"Giannis doesn't want to be aari sodm he wants to be LeBron he wants to be the Creator."
"As a footballer, Messi is better, but as an athlete, there's no comparison for Ronaldo."
"Heavyweight Jon Jones might be the equivalent to sea level Kane which is also very scary."
"For me, LeBron James is still compiling his resume. So for me, it has not hurt LeBron's chances. For me, LeBron is the GOAT, and there's nothing he can do to hurt his chances."
"If he has that it's over if he doesn't have it now you're probably looking at William Bonac but me the muscles there the shape is there."
"The number one of all time was John and Daniel Cormier... and I put him right up there with them."
"Trent should be spoken about the way we talk about Aaron Donald on the defensive side of the ball."
"16 above for an outfield player is basically like being a Messi or Ronaldo."
"I lean more towards Crawford. If we're going based off their last fights, I'm going with Crawford. I feel like he has a slight Edge right now."
"If I had to pick between LeBron and Kobe I would concede that LeBron is the better player."
"He's like Brady, like a fine wine. He's only getting better with age."
"I'm more interested to see if Tom Brady gets picked up. Him or Justin Herbert or Trevor Lawrence, bro. One of the guys got to. He gotta be better than freaking Kyle Trash, dude."
"Every Nepal was winning them virtually straight away and as prolific as mercs was the fact that Ava Nepal has actually racked up more wins at this stage."
"I think volcanocian beats Conor he beats Dan hooker he beats Jalen Turner."
"Even Dorian Yates, given how dominant he was in such a stacked era, his six Olympias count for a lot more in my estimation than Arnold's seven."
"Saka is on a different planet to Rashford at the moment."
"Akeem will do really well there too. Akeem's a massive dude and he's really found his conditioning. So has Akeem, you know, Akeem could be up there with Rami, he could stand next to Rami in muscularity."
"One of them has Maurice Richard, yeah, some people would also throw Johnny Bower into that into the ring." - Johnny Bower's Legacy
"There's no difference in the energy, there's no difference in the performance. Unbelievable, nobody like him."
"I don't hate him at all, people talk to me about Daniel Cormier constantly, as if we're one in one."
"I've never seen anything like Kevin Durant. He's better than LeBron James, especially at this age and stage of LeBron's career."
"Their similarities go far beyond their physical traits; the two shared a quality that few if any players have been able to emulate in the 20-plus years since the GOAT retired."
"If Salah was Brazilian, he'd be all over the world as massive."
"I still would take Paul George over the other guys because I know at full strength he's gonna be even better than this."
"When you talk about goats, I tend to lean towards the one that does not have a blemish on their record."
"I think it's difficult to look past him... I think he's been better than Muala this season so far... he's been absolutely Sensational."
"He's competing toe to toe with Matt Fraser and the rest of the field."
"Sean Porter is like a middle linebacker with boxing gloves."
"It's like saying Gary Neville subbing himself off at half time because he's finished. Like Ronaldo is not finished."
"Devin Booker's ability to create space looked like prime Kobe."
"Mederos leading the club in goals and scoring more goals than Ronaldo did last year."
"To see how Travis Hunter and Shador Sanders... stack up against someone who was in the national championship game... you couldn't script it any better."
"It's the full package, it's almost like the Georges St. Pierre effect in his perfect timing."
"There is no true GOAT, but Cena's case is very, very strong."
"There's no conversation over who would win. Jon Jones is literally built different to Israel Adesanya."
"Jon Jones is a different man to Adesanya and would absolutely ragdoll him."
"Women's Bantamweight, best counter-striker, if Jermaine fights still it's her, if not then it's also Amanda Nunes."
"This is the new Charles Oliveira at 145. He has a very similar style. Knockout power, crazy submission game, he has the aura, he's slowly building it."
"Her style's very different to Jing Yuan's, but being a defensive backbone for her team is equally respectable."
"He is now in that Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard conversation."
"We are going to see LeBron and Carmelo battle it out in the early parts of their careers."
"Ronaldo wants to win now and if you're not winning now... Ronaldo brings pressure... he's like a Tom Brady isn't he."
"LeBron is the GOAT, it's Michael that did it all, it is Michael Jordan."
"Kyrie Irving is not and never will be Chris Paul or Steve Nash."
"He's played 30 of his games but he's also 23 but the reason I'm saying if it's because I feel like this [ __ ] is kind of we're getting Kawhi Leonard levels with him at 23 already."
"Who has a better chance for success? Tom Brady for sure."
"DiMaggio was basically Mike Trout before Mike Trout."
"Wow, do I feel bad for Big Ben. He had like a day. There was only like a whole day where the media cycle was talking about Big Ben, so I do feel bad."
"Legacy: LeBron is a great player but Kobe is a light like a mindset. It's not comparing."
"Calvin Johnson best receiver ever... it's pretty hard to say that Jerry Rice is not the best wide receiver of all time."
"This is more than the story of a single horse race or the story of the great American horse as an athlete."
"Messi won, Ronaldo two, Pele three, Maradona four, de Stefano at five."
"I think the players that I've talked to most, most of the players I've talked to who did face Kobe and LeBron, they pick Kobe. And they do it because they say just his Attack Mode, his Mamba Mentality, Killer Instinct."
"LeBron has a build similar to Karl Malone. Yet he can't play in the '80s and '90s? We're watching the same guy, right?"
"He was bigger than that. He was as big as any of the white guys."
"He was considered baby Fedor early in his career."
"Guardal has outperformed Ederson."
"Is there a better athlete in a country than Charlie Ward?"
"Patrick Mahomes is amazing, he's incredible, he is, you know, I wouldn't trade Josh Allen for anything but I'm okay saying Patrick Mahomes is the best quarterback in the world he is."
"Yes, I think X is an apt comparison because Rogers is getting fragile and it's not surprising he's a 40-year-old quarterback. He's played for a long time, he's taking a lot of hits, he's coming off an Achilles injury. Protecting him at all costs."
"His jab, his jab is looking good. Good right hand to the body. Honestly, Morales reminds me of young Marty Lewis."
"Tua is like if Mahomes and Brady had a baby raised by a JUGS machine."
"Jimmy Butler over Klay Thompson overall or all time? As a player, Jimmy, yeah for sure."
"Tony Stewart at 80% is still better than 90% of the field."
"Trust me, Conor McGregor goes like this, it's different, trust me."
"Tom Brady is Tom Brady, but I believe Jordan was better at what he did than what Tom did at what he did."
"I feel like Aamir Khan is a great boxer, but I think he realized he was getting outclassed by Terence Crawford."
"He's like a faster Michael Thomas, you want to get him in the slot, you want him running a slant."
"I personally think he probably passed Magic before he left Miami."
"Kobe had 12 years after Shaq to make his case."
"He looked like Dante Hall or Zay Flowers, plus about 70 pounds."
"One can also make the argument prime Dream was as great as any center that's ever lived."