What if the greatest athlete alive decided to actually get serious? 16 years ago
He's also quite decent at cricket. In a charity match last year he hit Chris Gayle (captain of the West Indies) for 6 and also bowled him out. Being able to both bat and bowl shows a great amount of general athleticism, most people are only able to do well at one of those.
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/...)