Favorite or Underdog to Win?

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in sport. Do you support the favorite or underdog?

My answer is variable.

If its a team I support, obviously I dont care, they are supported.

If I have no affiliations, I usually go for the underdog.

If I know both sites personally, I tend to favor the favorite. The reason being, they usually train harder, thats why they are favorite.

An arrogant talented favorite over a less talented dedicated slogger. I'll go with the slogger.


Talent :

Tiger Woods - Talent, consistency and bottle. In a class of his own.


Underdog :

Muhammad Ali - Brilliant fighter, never the best. He got so many kickings. His mouth was better than his talent. He fought better men but beat them against the odds. A real life rocky only he made everyone beleive he was the favorite.

Consistency :

Ed moses - 400m hurdles runner - unbeatable for about 9 years. quit and came back in his fourties and almost qualified for the olympics for the US team


Notable mentions

Diego Maradona - The midget genious, better footballer than the famous pele.

Joe Montana - Ending his career when I watched the girly game. Cool under pressure. At the top of his game for many years. Won 4 ankle bracelets.

Rocky - a great film but in real live I would have supported the other guy. Rocky was only a part time champion. The music was inspirational when I was younger.

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Consistency:

Arnold Schwarzeneggar - 6 consecutive Mr. Olympias. - retires and comes back for a seventh. Considered by many to be the only man who built the perfect body.

Goes from a body builder to an actor who actually had decent skills as an actor and lots of success.

Goes from an actor to a politician. I don't know if many people like or support him in this area, but by golly who does all this stuff? Takes some gumption. Arnold has conquered some goals in his life.