How does Lionel Messi compare to other sports’ greatest of all time?
Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz are joined by former USA men's soccer player and World Cup contributor Taylor Twellman to discuss how Argentina's Lionel Messi compares to other sports' greats like Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan and Serena Williams. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV .
Video Transcript
I grew up watching Michael Jordan, okay?
And if I was trying to articulate Michael Jordan, I don't know if I would've found the words consistently of when the moment is the biggest, when the lights are the brightest, how does this player shine?
I, I wasn't in broadcasting for Tiger Woods.
I wasn't in broadcasting for Serena Williams.
Guys, he's better than all of those three.
He really is.
I, I don't think we fully understand, at age 39, 39, he ran over six miles in the knockout stage every game.
Do you know what he averaged in the ni- in the group stage?
Three miles.
He's digging deep, and truly is the greatest of all time.
And I think 10 years from now, when I'm talking to my grandkids, and I'm, a- and we're doing this, and I'm gonna say, "Yeah, I was there.
I don't know how he did it."
No different than my grandfather talked about playing baseball with Joe DiMaggio, or my father's played against Pel.
I, I Listen, I played against Messi, right?
But Messi was young.
He wasn't even wearing number 10 yet for Argentina.
He was still wearing number 19.
There is an aura around him, and I joke with the fa- he's got a horseshoe.
Yeah, I It's a joke, guys.
I'm not I don't really He, he creates his own luck.
But watching him celebrate after the game yesterday, full disclosure, I got choked up, because you cannot, you cannot teach that.
It's either you're born with it or you're not, and he is the most competitive person I've ever seen.
And it fuels him to new eras and new heights in all of this that none of us have ever seen.
Two assist, one with his right foot.
He stood on that leg for 25 years of his career and now he decides to deliver a ball to the back post with his right foot?
I didn't even know if he had a right foot.
You know what I'm saying?
He just does whatever it takes to win.
It's un- it's unbelievable, truly is
