I have an assignment, I must choose 2 athletes /analyse their personalitys/motivation

[StefanYHU]

Hey chaps,
I have an assignment for college in which I have to analyse two sports people in terms of personality and motiviation and how it affects their sporting performances. I then have to give examples to back up my analysation of their personalitys.

I have decided to choose a boxer and I am thinking mike tyson may be the one to go for, what does everyone else think? Mike certainly has had many incidents where his personality has affected his sporting performances.

cheers

[krimzon]

Make sure your word processor has spell check. Run that **** twice before you submit.

And good luck!

[StefanYHU]

That post was written on a mobile phone, so it is never going to be perfect grammar or spelling.

[edgarg]

Hey chaps,
I have an assignment for college in which I have to analyse two sports people in terms of personality and motiviation and how it affects their sporting performances. I then have to give examples to back up my analysation of their personalitys.

I have decided to choose a boxer and I am thinking mike tyson may be the one to go for, what does everyone else think? Mike certainly has had many incidents where his personality has affected his sporting performances.

cheers

I would suggest Mayweather as one, since his motivation is obvious, and his personality is spread all over the newspapers. The source material is readily available. As for another, I would chose someone like Gene Tunney, since HIs motivation was also obvious and his stilted personality came through in the articles he wrote. To him boxing was just a means through which he gained his objective, which was social status.

If you want a really difficult subject, Tyson would be the one, or Jack Johnson.

[gatorDelux]

roberto duran is interesting

great story

great but crazy guy

and one of the best ever

[Rockin']

I'd choose Charley Burley. An excellent fighter who fought anybody that would step in with him for years and years yet was never given a shot at the title because of the color of his skin..........Rockin'

[StefanYHU]

Any other reccomendations?

The person in question must have heaps of materials about them on the internet etc and be famous in the outside world aswell as inthe boxing circle.

thanks

[StefanYHU]

Anyone????

[Sugar Sting Ray]

Floyd Mayweather and O.J. Simpson

Very similar psychological profiles.

[S.G.]

The Mayweather-Pacquiao dichotomy would be an interesting and timely choice of subject.