And the greatest athletes have had faster forty yard dashes and reaction times than the average person. If you are better than an average pro athlete in these m

And the greatest athletes have had faster forty yard dashes and reaction times than the average person. If you are better than an average pro athlete in these metrics, is that enough to make you Michael Jordan or Tom Brady? I think not. To wit: The highest IQ holder now is great at word puzzles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_vos_Savant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_vos_Savant The greatest of all time, what did he do?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_sidis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_sidis But Steve Hawking doesn't like the idea much: http://www.extremeintellect.com/ei2007/geniuses/hawking/hawking.html http://www.extremeintellect.com/ei2007/geniuses/hawking/hawk... Just saying, it is a factor, but I don't think it's the end all and be all.