If you could be a famous athlete, who would it be and why?
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can i choose a guy player even if i am a gal?? hehe.. i would definitely choose David Beckham because i would love to be able to bend it like Beckham..
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Pele. He is being regarded as the Legend in football/soccer game. You can't complete the history of football without mentioning his name. He is all time hero.
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Well, I would probably go for Martina Hingis right now. Most female players either are very inconsistent or just dont make the best role-models.
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Babe Ruth - he was a great pitcher and hitter. Otherwise, it would be Bonds, except for the steroids issue.
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Yeah, I would agree with that.  I don't think formula 1 racing really counts as sports.  My top 3 would be\n1.  Muhammad Ali\n2.  Pele\n3.  Michael Jordan\nAll fantastic at their respective sports and worked really hard to get to the top of their game.
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The most famous player is Old Yogi Berra, played for the Yankee's he was traded to them from St. Louis Cardinals. Has played in more world series than anyone else. He was born on Elizabeth street in St. Louis. (The Hill) He is famous because I cant turn on the TV without seeing him advertising something
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Muhammed Ali\n  \nPelé\n\n(I have met somebody who played against Pelé, and against Garrincha, and all the famous footballers of that era, Stanley Matthews etc. I don't think he would have voted for a footballer as the best sportsman!)\n\nJesse Owens (well before my time)
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There have been so many great players in the history of football, and everyone will have a different criteria in their determination of what makes a player ‘iconic’, but there are a few names who I think must surely be in the hat…\n\nAside from Pele and Maradona, who are penned in already, I’d say the most obvious would be the great George Best, who sadly passed away last year.\nPele himself once described Best as ‘the greatest footballer in the world’, and for pure, unadulterated talent he’s certainly up there with finest proponents of the game. He had a unique genius that made him one of the most exciting players of his, or any other generation, as well as one of the first ‘celebrity’ footballers. The cheeky character so evident in his football was mirrored in his personality and the young Best was a star on and off the pitch, but he also had a self-destructive streak that controlled much of his life.\n\nAfter Best, I’d have to consider a good few others:\n\nPuskas – The Hungarian that showed England that rest of the world were actually quite good at football. Fearsomely powerful and one of the finest international goal scorers of all time.\n\nGordon Banks – Seemingly super-human English goalkeeper that made that unbelievable stop from Pele’s close range header in ’70. To my mind the best keeper ever, and in that sense a football icon.\n\nJohan Cruyff – The original Dutch master, he invented half the skills you see today off the top of his head. Wickedly creative, strong and skilful, Cruyff brought something new to the game and was at the heart of one of the most gifted World Cup sides ever.\n\nZidane – In my opinion the greatest player in modern football. Powerful and skilful with ridiculous vision, Zidane is a French playmaker that creates and scores goals that no one else can even imagine, let alone actually realise.\n\nPhew! And I haven’t even mentioned Van Basten, Eusebio, Ronaldo, Henry, Muller, Beckenbauer, Platini, Charlton, Garrincha, Zoff, Di Stefano, Maldini etc, etc…
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My mother, such a strong woman\n\nand for a celebrity, easily lance armstrong (no explanation needed)
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Probably Andre Johnson of the Houston Texans. I saw him play in a celebrity basketball game at the Cortez Hankton NFL Celebrity Weekend at Texas Southern University. He had some amazing dunks. Marcus Stroud of the Jacksonville Jaguars was there and he can get up there pretty good for a big man.
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kaka\nhe's gonna a legend!
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When ppl say athlete, I think of athletics, so I'll go here just for Maurice Green...\nUsed to run on 100m and I love that discipline and I find him great, even though he had his ups and downs!
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My favorite sport would have to be soccer and favorite player to watch in Ronaldinho of Brazil National Soccer Team.  When his club team Barcelona was taken on Milan.  He beat three players like they were high school players.
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Great question!\n\nBabe Ruth, Jim Thorpe, Michael Jordan, and Muhammad Ali.\n\nI think those four are athletes who've had the most impact on their cultural generations as well as their sports.\n\nSince Mt. Rushmore is in America, I chose Americans. If we open it up to athletes from around the world, I would replace Jim Thorpe with Wayne Gretzky.
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Wanye Rooney or Thierry Henry because of their playmaking skills. Wait I forgot my main man Ronaldo. AND NO HE IS NOT FAT!!!
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My chose would be Ian Rush and Capt Fantastic Steven Gerrard
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Uh, no one.\n\nSeriously, if I had to choose though, it'd be BJ Penn. His style is just so exciting, I'd probably have more fun getting my ass kicked that way.