Watching the England-Ecuador game the other night, I finally got some respect for David Beckham. Seeing him come out of nowhere a number of times to make crucial defensive plays even after puking his guts out and being doubled over in pain at every stoppage of play made me realize that the guy has guts and plays sports the way their meant to be played. It also got me thinking of other gutsy performances that I've seen or heard of in the past. As time allows I'll share the ones I can think of, but I'm sure I will forget countless great performances that I know of, and don't know of a fraction of the truly gutsy athletic performnces that there are, so please share the ones you know of.
Plus points for Beckham's performance:
-Happened on perhaps the biggest world sporting stage imaginable
-He scored the only goal of the game
-Must-win situation
Minus points:
-Not a very exciting game
-He didn't play the whole game
-He's David Beckham--the poster-boy of metrosexuals everywhere