Greatest athlete of all time?

[student4ever]

I don't think it's possible to pick a single greatest of all time. The sports are simply too different and each sport has had somebody who dominated for a period of time.

Even taking it down to a single sport, I think it would be difficult to pick a single person to be the greatest of all time. Even the sports change over time to the point where previous greats would have a difficult time competing in the current style of play, and vise versa.

[Relentless]

Lawrence Taylor.

Not the greatest person... but an as an athlete he won more team games single-handedly than anyone else I have ever seen.

[scottb]

I disagree.

Satchel Paige would hold that honor.