On 14 Apr 97, after being hired as WNBA commissioner, Rob Ferrara said:
RF> People are comparing Tiger Woods to Arthur Ashe and Jackie
RF> Robinson after his spectacular Masters victory. Those are not
RF> good comparisons. A better sports figure to compare him to
RF> would be Muhammad Ali. He has almost single-handedly
RF> resurrected his sport and made it interesting. Go Tiger!
That's not a very good comparison, either. Ali was a GREAT fighter, but it
was his personality that elevated him and his sport to where even non-boxing
fans became interested. Woods, on the other hand, has a relatively quite
personality. His game does all the talking.
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