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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
I saw a blurb that so-and-so just died, the greatest auto racer to never win the Indianappolis 500.
So it got me to thinking about best/nevers.
I wonder if it could be said, by someone, of me, that I was the best novelist to never write a novel.
Or of someone else, the best lover, among those that never made love.
Or what of the greatest competitive eater, to have never finished everything on his plate.
In a world full of competition and braggarts, I think I will seize some of these plums and claim them for myself. The realm of the "modest greatest to nevers." Prime territory.
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Your analogies are off. This is precise: Mike Rose, best basketball coach never to win an NCAA tournament game. Bronco Mendenhall, best football coach never to beat a really good team.