#10: Tom Brady
It’s not a secret that sports players usually have rather short careers. We understand that youth means fitness. Yet, It really pulls on our heartstrings to see many athletes with impressive careers be told they’re past their prime and booted from the industry long before they even hit middle age.
Imagine if only three doctors had performed open heart surgery past the age of fifty or only three presidents had been elected after the age of sixty. In almost every other field, age means experience, and experience means capital. But for athletes, the opposite is true, making it all the more extraordinary for these three.