In fact, he struggled to have any impact, only making his Paralympics debut at 26.
After a 3-3 thriller against Toronto FC, the Impact only managed a 1-1 tie against Chivas USA.
But for the least well-off, the impact only becomes clear when set alongside the abolition of the EMA.
Brexit may be a slow burn, with the impact only becoming apparent in the months and years to come.
But covering environmental stories, especially those with global impact, only exacerbates our journalistic penchant for focusing on the dire.
Obama arrived to a thundering response and delivered another storming speech - its impact only slightly dampened by the presence of two TelePrompTer screens.
Not only are these measures likely to have an impact only on a mere 1.3% of sales, they also ignore several underlying factors.
"As growth is moving out of the cities, there has been a smushing out of the pollution, and nobody's looking at the overall impact, only source by source.
The Environmental Protection Agency has labeled them as the second-greatest threat to the continent's biodiversity, exceeded in their impact only by outright destruction of habitat.
His output has been nothing short of remarkable over the years, and all signs point to his performances and impact only growing.
First, the Red Book shows the impact only in 2012-13, by which time only £4.7bn of the £11bn welfare cuts to be introduced by 2014-15 will have been implemented.
