![]() ![]() Basically what I'm saying is if it didn't break the internet, I passed it up, and thus this story is laden with recency bias. The aforementioned quotes (and many others that are omitted) all deserve their flowers, but the criteria I abided by when compiling this list was whether or not the line had a sizable impact on the intersection of sports and pop culture. You won't find Lou Gehrig's famous "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth" or Muhammad Ali's "If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize" below. But, on the off chance you don't, I would like to preemptively manage expectations. I'm going to assume that you will agree wholeheartedly with every phrase I highlight in this story. In honor of another year since "die-hard LeBron fans" burned jerseys and Dan Gilbert penned a letter in Comic Sans, I'm revisiting 10 of the most iconic one-liners in sports. While the line left an indelible mark on sports and pop culture - you need not look far to find copious amounts of memes, merchandise and Instagram captions paying homage - it is far from the only athlete one-liner to become a phenomenon. When King James proclaimed "I'm going to take my talents to South Beach" he couldn't have known the hysteria that would ensue, or that we would still be talking about it all these years later. ![]() The spectacle - er, "The Decision," was a defining moment in James' career that would be maligned for years to come and provide, in the eyes of LeBron haters, an irrefutable example of why he is, in fact, the worst.īut whether you're Team LeBron or not, the most important thing to come out of the 75-minute live special was a phrase that took on a life of its own. Exactly 11 years ago, LeBron James announced he had made the "very tough" decision to leave his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers in favor of - drumroll, please - taking his talents down to South Beach to link up with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat. ![]()
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