Usain Bolt, for example, would be able to register his victory bow-and-arrow pose potentially to stop unscrupulous advertisers anywhere in the world from hawking their wares using an image of a black man in running gear pretending to do archery.
Anyone familiar with Andre Agassi knows the post-victory drill: bows and blown kisses to all four corners of the court, an engaging, empathetic speech and an extended wave on his way out the door with security guards keeping the excitement from turning into something more harrowing.
As Bolt did his lap of honour he cocked his ear to his rapt audience, as if asking them to adorn his achievements with even greater majesty, before performing his now familiar arched-bow victory salute and bending down to kiss the finish line.
It quickly becomes evident that Part 2 is primarily an extended final bow — part victory lap, part farewell tour.
Or for Steve Borthwick, who has played more Premiership minutes than any other man, to take his final bow in victory.
Russia has the world's only fleet of nuclear icebreakers, with names like 50 Years of Victory and Yamal, whose bow sports a depiction of the jaws of a shark crunching away at ice.
Since it began with a Venus victory and a shared bow to the crowd in the second round of the Australian Open in 1998, they have played a total of 15 times as professionals.
By March 1, the tugboat Sea Victory had towed the bow from the beach and out to sea, initially followed by an oil skimmer vessel, the OSRV Oregon Responder.
But while State of Origin remains the pinnacle for many Australian fans, Thurston is intent on putting the international game back on top before he bows out; victory on Sunday and becoming the world's No1 side may go a long way to doing that.
Anxiety would claim a major victory if I somehow bowed out at the last minute.
