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Albert Einstein: "The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive."
The exercise of profiling the compensation of the world's top athletes can be interpreted as solely the fortunes of the hard-working and tenacious. And what they can simply consume and purchase with their hard-earned dollars.
When one finally achieves high success, others focus on the luxuries, the women, and lifestyle of such athletes. But to attain that maximum level of physical prowess and mental state, an athlete will have accumulated tens of thousands of days at the gym and on the field - training, enduring, and giving maximum effort. When no one was looking. When they were "nobodies."
They pursued a goal, did not relent, and loved what they do. Despite what they did "not being rationale." Reasonable people go to school so that they can get a job, and earn a paycheck. The world belongs to unreasonable people.
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr: U.S. Rank: # 4 Manny Pacquiao: International Rank: # 3
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When people partied, the athlete jogged. When people drank liquor, the athlete abstained. When people watched television, the athlete went to bed (at 8pm). When people slept, the athlete woke up (at 4:30am). When people conducted chores, the athlete outsourced. When people did everything else, the athlete worked.
When people complained about their boss, the athlete remained dedicated to a craft he loved. When people whined, the athlete endured - and excelled. When people switched professions, the athlete improved his skills. He stuck to it no matter what. When people were being "reasonable," the athlete was unreasonable. He rejected people's bull.
The athlete walked the talk. People speculated. When people got bored, the athlete honed basic fundamentals. He would not, and could not, relent. Despite unimaginable pain, he persisted. And it allowed him to experience ineffable highs.
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Basketball phenom Lebron James is the third-highest paid American athlete, earning $40.45 million in the past year.
When Lebron takes off and goes for a dunk, he can generate up to 700 lbs of force in order to lift his 270 lb body as a projectile force in the air. Not everyone can do that.
Not everyone put in the thousands of hours of taxing physical and mental preparation that James put in. People don't know that James' mother was on welfare checks, maintaining a single parent household. Poverty. That they constantly moved around.
That the sensible thing as a young child was to perhaps think about being able to secure a stable job. Not everyone saw that. The world is created by what cannot be seen. Athletes - before becoming famous - chose not to break, even when they were broken.
In a prior article ("Highest Paid International Athletes"), we mentioned the awesome responsibilities of today's elite athletes, even outside of the courts.
The modern sports competitor not only exacts superior results on the field, he must maintain a regulated routine: supervised intake of vitamins, oxygen treatment, legal (and sometimes banned) performance enhancing drugs (PEDs), special diets and treatments. On and on. Then you have the product endorsements, interviews, family functions, awards dinners . . .
The top earners for international and American athletes reflect the tastes of sports fans around the world, and in the United States. The international top 20 are dominated by soccer players. Nine of the top 20 highest paid international athletes play soccer.
The top 20 for the U.S. are dominated by basketball players, with 10 coming from the sport. There is something telling about the global marketplace as well. Golfers Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson rank first and second on the top 20 list. These top two earn more than any other athlete in the world, American or foreign - by far. The list is not even close.
Combined compensation for Woods and Mickelson (for 2009): over $190 million (for the year). This supports the premise we presented in the previous article. Similar to wealth distribution statistics around the world and in the United States, the best of the best in sports enjoy skewed, disproportionate earnings.
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20 Top Earning American Athletes >
We detail the 20 highest paid American athletes in the world, listing the athlete, country of origin, earnings in U.S. dollars, and sport. To resolve the question of this column, American boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr (40-0) makes more than Philippine boxer Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2). Barely.
The two appear on a colossal collision course that will be the sport's richest fight in history. Manny Pacquiao won Fighter of the Decade honors from the Boxing Writer's Association of America. Mayweather came in second. In current pound-for-pound rankings, Pacquiao comes in first - Mayweather second. Mayweather barely wins the compensation battle for 2009.
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Referencing Albert Einstein's earlier quote, the world's top athletes can also be referred to as the world's top givers. They are the best in providing us with peak performance, entertainment, joy, in enabling us to recall our athletic or childhood days. The global marketplace accords them with financial compensation proportionately. Give and you shall receive.
Athletes provide millions in charitable work and non-profit initiatives. Athletes inspire.
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xxxxlocain Floyd
everyone is overpaid.construction workers deserve higher pay.
construction worker earn high already as it is, all they do is take breaks every 15 minutes.
xylocaine, can't you read it? X Y L O C A I N E .. ASWHOLE!
floyd gayweather is definitely overpaid. He obviously doesn't wanna fight the pacman for obvious reasons...
PACQUIAO POUN FOR POUND SHOPAING KING PACQUIO
@PACFAN YOU'RE ALREADY TIK A BALLS BY PACQUIO
CYCLOCAINE IS NOT A DURG IS A PINKILLER
@ Queeny you are such f@cking idi@t,hahaha probably your mother sh!t you in the toilet in your birth, why dont you put your sh1tbrain flush away. If dont like the writer then dont read his article. Stup1d bum hahaha
I like the picture of floyd and manny, Is this the frustrations turns into passion? nice photoshop work, is looks very real.... Nobody can deny this athletes even they earn 1M$ a year is considered lucky person already. Nice article....
#1 floydfan is not that stupid as everybody says. LOOK, despite the fact that he is a lone crusader defending his Champion(floyd), he sometimes gives us some credible arguments. You may see him as a real pain-in-the-ass with his undying love for floydie but looo, his ideas makes us smile most of the time hehehe. Dont you agree
big amount for floyd steroids mayweather jr.
news: floyd mayweather new endorser of xylocaine!
at least he got one..
sinasaniban na naman ako ng demonyo.... ahi hi hi hi hi hi
papatayin ko nanay at tatay ko............
sinasamba ko ang demonyo..... bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha
MGA ULUL!!!TANG NA NYONG LAHAT!! PURO KAYO SIRA ULO!!! BAKIT BABALATUHAN BA KAYO NI PACQUIAO O MAYWEATHER KAPAG NANANALO SILA?AKSYA LANG KAYO NG KORYENTE!!
I want to suck Pacfans dicks.
DIEGO gusto mong chupain kita? ahi hi hi hi
ang sarap ng mary jane, isang tibag pa, saraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap
lumulutang na naman ako sa ulap.................
I HATE YOU ALL, PACTARDS!
flying high in the sky.... ahi hi hi
Diego Gago!
ako ay nalulong sa masamang bisyo....
lumulutang lutang akow......
ki ng ina mo Christian "badinger-Z" Tolentino!
#1floydfan
ikaw ay ako at ako ay ikaw.... hindi ba?
Ewan basta masarap ang mary jane....
ang sarap lumipad lipad sa ulap.... ulap ng mary jane....
ki ng ina mo ploydpans!
chuchupain ko kayong lahat...
chuchupchupin ko kayong lahat...
chong kee, chong kee, i can't live without you...
one tibag a day, drives lungkot away....
mary jane, mary jane, i love you...
Wag nyo nang pansinin yang si #1floydfan/Pacquiao the Orangutan, may tama talaga sa utak yan, papansin yan. Lalo lang natutuwa yan pag pinapatulan ninyo.
pac pac pac... i'm the best...
It started well marv but then i lost interest as soon as you started telking about basketball, soccer and golf...except for the part where it said Lebron James is the 3rd highest paid American athlete, earning 40.45 million in the past year...pacquiao could have made that in 45 minutes or less if he took the test...OMG you freaks you're using my screen name again vvvvvvvvvvvvvv
ang sarap sarap, ang sarap sarap ng chong kee
lumulutang lutang ako sa ulap...
wag nyo nang pansinin yang si #1floydfan, may tama sa utak yan, pag tumitira ng droga akala niya fan talaga sya ni floyd
OMG you freaks you're using my screen name again
chupain ko kayo lahat e
sinasamba ko ang demonyo.... malapit nang mamatay nanay at tatay ko... bwa ha ha ha
“I want to believe there's a next great generation of boxers that will do that, but we need one bad. I had hoped Mayweather was going to do it, but he can't because a lot of people are turned off by his attitude.” Larry Holmes, DogHouseBoxing.com
larry holmes spoke the truth.
before my son gives me a blow-job, he always pouts & gives me an attitude about my pubic hair always getting stuck between his teeth.
my son #1floydfan is always complaining but once my scum juice is swirling in his mouth, he is a happy camper
For the Pacman salary is not his priority! I know people grew up in the provinces of PI. They prioritize family, dignity, trustworthiness and many lots of good traits and NOT MONEY! Thats why Gayweather sr. said that its stupid to back out for $40 million payday? vs dignity, Maybe people like him but not the Pacman.
FLOYD'S A REAL PAC FAN... google it "mayweather cheering pacquiao"
“I want to believe there's a next great generation of boxers that will do that, but we need one bad. I had hoped Mayweather was going to do it, but he can't because a lot of people are turned off by his attitude.” Larry Holmes, DogHouseBoxing.com
larry holmes spoke the honest truth.
before my son licks my clit, he always complains & gives me an attitude about my pubic hair always getting stuck between his teeth. my son #1floydfan is an ungrateful bast*rd
Floyd Mayweather SR. is Formerly a Drug Pusher, Drug Addict and most off all Ex Convict.!!! ...Floyd Mayweather JR. is a User of Drugs also... a Xylophene, Uncle Roger Mayweather is a Former Thief... he use to steal panties of College Girls in the neighborhood and use it as a face mask to hide his identity.!!!
Manny was able to attained this financial height without even considering it will happen.In short as what he usually say in any of his pre-fight interview, "he just want to give it all his best and to make people happy and honor for his country".
Albert Einstein once again is correct .In Pacquiao's achievements,
the man is a perpetual machine in boxing, finally people do recognized it now.He is still a working machine therefore ,forbading any uneventualities,he is still in progress.
Personally i would like more of Pacquia will surface ,anyway Philippines is a nation of bravehearts and good faith boxers.
i dont like it when my mom or my dad's bulbol (pubic hair) is stuck between my teeth. cant get it out.
i tried pliers, floss, anything.
i want to use a screwdriver but first i have to remove it from my anus
im not gay dont make me sound gay here okay. some people are using my name,
im bisexual, that is the truth
ok ok.
i'm a transvestite ok.
got that jack....
now the closet is out of the truth :D
my son,
have u seen the screwdriver?
or are u pleasuring ur butt with it?
when ur done i need it 4 my azzhole. just clean it first with ur tongue, k
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