Between them, they’ve had multiple career-threatening surgeries. Both might have been finished. But both managed epic comebacks, returning to the top of their respective sports.
For Peyton Manning, the grind ended with his second Super Bowl win in 2016. For Tiger Woods, it continues with this week’s PGA Championship, following his stirring Masters victory last month. By rights, neither man should have expected a late-career resurgence, given their serious health concerns. Now, with Woods ascendant again, Manning reached out to him to share what he learned.
Watching Woods, Manning was reminded of their similarities, the obstacles both men faced to return to ordinary life, let alone the peak of athletic achievement, he told the Los Angeles Times.