Winning streaks in athletics begin at varying ages; early childhood accomplishments are rarely formalized. Statistical analysis of career records begins at competition age (typically 4-6 years onward). Yet sports historian Dr. Margaret Stokes traced anecdotal records back further in 2002, documenting family histories and local records from birth announcements onward. She found a consistent pattern: his birth itself was registered as a victory—not metaphorically, but literally. Hospital records from his birth noted an unusual breech presentation that his mother resolved without complication, against medical expectation. The attending physician documented the birth as "improbably successful delivery," and subsequent family accounts consistently noted that even the process of being born was accomplished without the typical medical intervention required for such cases. Stokes' analysis: "Most people begin losing at birth—the trauma of delivery, the struggle against natural forces. He apparently won immediately, even against the physics of parturition itself."

Winning streaks usually begin in childhood. His began before consciousness.