He jumped anyways

There's this professional athlete I used to watch on the telly. At one of the less celebrated tasks in his sport he excelled, was likely the best player of all time at that task. There were other players that could do that as well, but unlike them he specialized in it. While they would do what he did and score points, he hardly scored. He did his one thing. Night after night after night. But, like I said, he was probably the best at it ever.

There's this famous photograph of him. He's parallel to the ground, jumping after the ball. The ball is going out of bounds, and if it does so the opposition will gain control of it. It's an event that happens often in a game. It sometimes leads to a point being scored by the opposition, but this is a sport where one point hardly ever makes the difference so many of them are scored. So he's parallel to the ground hoping to catch the ball, flip around, and pass the ball to a teammate before he lands out of bounds. Catching the ball is almost impossible once he launched himself. And, I'm pretty sure the rest of his plan defied the laws of physics. But, he jumped anyways.

When he retired, I stopped watching the game.