Comments on: True Tough Guy http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/ You can't have everything. Where would you put it? Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:44:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jeri http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 Jeri Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:38:04 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/#comment-1378 Nathan, Bryan: <i>snort</i> indeed. BM, I agree with you. There's a difference between mentally tough and physically tough. Shoot, a computer programmer, an author, an engineer are mentally tough! Nathan, Bryan: snort indeed.

BM, I agree with you. There’s a difference between mentally tough and physically tough. Shoot, a computer programmer, an author, an engineer are mentally tough!

]]> By: Beast Mom http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-1375 Beast Mom Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:49:24 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/#comment-1375 I don't think of golfers as "tough". That word just doesn't work for me. When I hear "tough", I think of high contact sports, harsh conditions to endure, or serious levels of post-game pain/recovery that they have to get through and still play well the next day in spite of that. I think of NFL players who have to sit in nightly ice baths, cyclists riding 25 days in a row up the highest mountains in France, rugby crazies who play with no pads, etc. But I don't think of golf. The term "mentally tough" fits golf very well however. I do agree w/ the commenter above that it's sort of a futile list and compares that which is not reasonably comparable. I admire Tiger as an athlete, but not for the same reasons I admired Walter Payton. -bm I don’t think of golfers as “tough”. That word just doesn’t work for me.

When I hear “tough”, I think of high contact sports, harsh conditions to endure, or serious levels of post-game pain/recovery that they have to get through and still play well the next day in spite of that. I think of NFL players who have to sit in nightly ice baths, cyclists riding 25 days in a row up the highest mountains in France, rugby crazies who play with no pads, etc. But I don’t think of golf.

The term “mentally tough” fits golf very well however.

I do agree w/ the commenter above that it’s sort of a futile list and compares that which is not reasonably comparable. I admire Tiger as an athlete, but not for the same reasons I admired Walter Payton.

-bm

]]> By: Nathan http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-1374 Nathan Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:14:05 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/#comment-1374 ::snort:: ::snort::

]]> By: Bryan http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-1373 Bryan Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:11:32 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/#comment-1373 Only the lighter weight classes. The bigger guys are nicely marbled. :-) Only the lighter weight classes. The bigger guys are nicely marbled. :-)

]]> By: Nathan http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-1372 Nathan Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:35:27 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/#comment-1372 Well boxers are <em>chewier</em> Well boxers are chewier

]]> By: Bryan http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-1371 Bryan Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:09:21 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/#comment-1371 I agree with the apples and oranges comment. The list is silly. "Hardest to compete with" I think would be a better list. Or maybe "most competitive", a measure Tiger surely would be high on the list for. But "toughest"? How can a person in a non-contact sport be the "toughest"? On the other hand, is a boxer used to being hit in the head really "tough"? I agree with the apples and oranges comment. The list is silly. “Hardest to compete with” I think would be a better list. Or maybe “most competitive”, a measure Tiger surely would be high on the list for. But “toughest”? How can a person in a non-contact sport be the “toughest”? On the other hand, is a boxer used to being hit in the head really “tough”?

]]> By: Jeri http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-1370 Jeri Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:19:37 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/#comment-1370 Tania, I hadn't even thought of that. I'd imagine breathing air at 40 F below would be more hazardous if you had no saliva in your mouth! Nathan, you're probably right. How can you compare the toughness of a marathon racer with the toughness of a boxer? It's a totally different thing. I need a nap after 18 holes of golf too, mostly because I've walked about 20 miles trying to find my ball. Tania, I hadn’t even thought of that. I’d imagine breathing air at 40 F below would be more hazardous if you had no saliva in your mouth!

Nathan, you’re probably right. How can you compare the toughness of a marathon racer with the toughness of a boxer? It’s a totally different thing. I need a nap after 18 holes of golf too, mostly because I’ve walked about 20 miles trying to find my ball.

]]> By: Nathan http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-1369 Nathan Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:38:47 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/#comment-1369 I think it's a silly list. Apples and Oranges and Kumquats. No debating the toughness of everyone on the list, but I really think ranking them is a useless exercise. Every one of them trains relentlessly to excel at their chosen sport and comparing them is something of a disservice to all of them. And BTW, I know I'd never be a musher because, 1.) I've done it and can't go more than about 15 minutes and 2.) I need a nap after 18 holes of golf. (The nap has nothing to do at all with the beer(s) consumed on the course. Nothing, I say!) I think it’s a silly list. Apples and Oranges and Kumquats. No debating the toughness of everyone on the list, but I really think ranking them is a useless exercise. Every one of them trains relentlessly to excel at their chosen sport and comparing them is something of a disservice to all of them.

And BTW, I know I’d never be a musher because, 1.) I’ve done it and can’t go more than about 15 minutes and 2.) I need a nap after 18 holes of golf. (The nap has nothing to do at all with the beer(s) consumed on the course. Nothing, I say!)

]]> By: Tania http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 Tania Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:37:01 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/2008/04/08/true-tough-guy/#comment-1368 He sooooo should have got #1. No salivary glands. The guy has no salivary glands and he competes in an extremely physically demanding sport. I'd like to see Tiger holding it together after 8 days on the trail spending hours at a time with only a few dogs and the occasional bit of wildlife ambling around. Not that I'm biased or anything. Tiger is totally a competitor, and he admits he doesn't play to win, he plays to dominate and crush. But still... Lance has my vote for #1. He sooooo should have got #1.

No salivary glands. The guy has no salivary glands and he competes in an extremely physically demanding sport. I’d like to see Tiger holding it together after 8 days on the trail spending hours at a time with only a few dogs and the occasional bit of wildlife ambling around.

Not that I’m biased or anything. Tiger is totally a competitor, and he admits he doesn’t play to win, he plays to dominate and crush. But still… Lance has my vote for #1.

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