Over the years, many sports athletes have arrived and enjoyed success. However, to capitalize on success for long period isn’t for everybody, unless you are Woods or Jeter. Both men have enjoyed triumphs throughout their two-decades-long careers.
Derek Jeter’s addition to the Yankees was quickly noticeable as He helped the Yankees in winning their first World Series since 1978. Though the year 2000 marked the end of the Yankees’ domination, it also marked the beginning of the “Tiger Slam” in the world of golf.
Woods went on to win the Grand Slam, all four of golf’s professional majors at one time. Fans labeled it as the “Tiger Slam”. It started with a win at the 2000 U.S. Open and concluded in the 2001 Masters.
Years later, Woods reminisced about the similarity of dominance in the sports between himself and Jeter by saying, “Even though he’s older and spent a couple of years in the minors, we both came up in ’96”.
Woods said, “When I was having my run, he had his run. When Kobe [Bryant] had his run with Shaq [O’Neal], his three in a row, that’s when Jeter and I had our run. So we’re all the same age, we all came up together doing the same stuff. We were talking about that a little out there today”.
Woods then poked fun at how all these athletes have retired, while he is the only active one. Apart from their similar dominant reign, both Tiger and Jeter also happen to be close friends. Though divided by the choice of sports, the elite mentality of all four legends has made them sporting icons.