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Athletes you "looked up to" while growing up
To be honest, I don't really I ever really idolized any sports player to the extent that I put all of their posters on my wall and wanted to emulate the way they played, but there were a few guys whose style I liked which made me impressed by them.
Guys who come to mind for me are: Joe Don Looney Deion Sanders Tony Dorsett Michael Johnson Muhammad Ali Jessie Owens Jim Brown Bobby Morrow a lot of random track and field guys Emmitt Smith Barry Sanders Walter Payton Jerry Rice Michael Irvin Terrell Owens the second he danced on the star Chris Jericho Wasn't really into basketball stars, since the Dallas Mavericks were awful for most of my life. I never was into baseball or hockey, either. Since I was a boy living in Dallas in the early 90's, I was contractually obliged to love all of the Dallas Cowboys. I was never into quarterbacks; I always preferred running backs more. My coach in elementary school got me into track when I was young, so I liked a lot of those guys. All the other guys on my list were just cool in my book. Post a list of a lot of sports people you liked, idolized, looked up to, whatever. Last edited by DrA; 11-27-2007 at 11:19 PM. |
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History's Greatest, Mr. E
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Bo Jackson
Ken Griffey Jr. A-Rod (Mariners) Jay Buhner Troy Aikman |
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The Satanic Mechanic
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Never really modeled myself after athletes. But the ones I respected most as a kid were
Michael Jordan Wayne Gretsky Bret Hart (shut up) Scottie Pippen |
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Hockey Superstar
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Mario Lemieux
Wayne Gretzky Patrick Roy Joe Sakic ...Russ Courtnall. ![]() |
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love yourself
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Tino Martinez
Curtis Martin Micheal Jordan Troy Aikman When Tino won the Home Run Derby in '97? Holy shit, couldn't have loved that guy more |
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Emmit Smith
Troy Aikman Michael Jordan Hulk Hogan (hey..i bought into the hype when i was 10) |
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ELF ANGEL
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Hasek
Roy Brodeur Sawchuk Plante |
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continental drift
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Derek Jeter
Tino Martinez David Cone Don Mattingly Ken Griffey Jr. Michael Jordan |
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Steamin Willie Beaman
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continental drift
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Mike Stima
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King of Love and Piss
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Ricky " Wild Thang " Vaughn
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LAKE SHOW HOES
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Cedric Ceballos
Luke Robitaille Mike Piazza Issac Bruce |
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The Classic Dylan Staples
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Michael Jordan was my favorite guy, I dunno. Detlef Scrempf. I had a picture of Mark McGwire on my wall when I was like 10 even though I didn't even like him that much. It was in Sports Illustrated for Kids or something
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Triple A
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Michael Jordan
Scottie Pippen Derek Jeter Bernie Williams Duncan Ferguson Zinedine Zidane Ronnie O'Sullivan Snooker is a sport ftw |
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World Class Raconteur
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No athletes. Footballers.
Romario |
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Sleepy Bitch
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Kirby Puckett
Brett Favre |
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DU's illegitimate brother
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Dr A. I find it interesting that some of the guys you looked up to or whatever we're calling it while you were growing up, finished playing before you were born.
for me... Rod Carew Kevin McHale are the top 2 that come to mind. |
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quesque fuck?
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Ray Bourque
Cam Neely Mo Vaughn Dan Marino |
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DU's illegitimate brother
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DU's illegitimate brother
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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John Elway
Patrick Roy Larry Walker Rod Smith |
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Over Like Rover
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Hulk Hogan
Shawn Michaels Ryan Giggs Eric Cantona Lee Sharpe Wayne Gretzky Teemu Selanne Jason Sehorn |
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the heartbreak king
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The Bulls
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Mas Vagina Porfavor
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Michael Jordan
John Elway Roger Clemens (until 1999) Raymond Bourque Wayne Gretzky Ken Griffey Jr. Ben Coates |
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History's Greatest, Mr. E
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Come on guys, BO JACKSON!
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Temporary
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Bo Jackson
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Triple A
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Roberto Baggio
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continental drift
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Triple A
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The Knicks
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Kinda surprised no one has said Cal Ripken Jr.
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Stickman
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Patrick Roy
The Great One |
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TPWW Fire Pro Champ
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Jim Abbott
Jimmy Key Bernie Williams Patrick Ewing John Sparks Drew Bledsoe (During his Pats run.) John Elway Terrell Davis Hockey never really struck a chord with me until my Uncle took me to a game. |
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The Satanic Mechanic
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They're eating the dogs..
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Steve Yzerman
Alan Trammell Bill Laimbeer Joe Dumars Barry Sanders Joe Montana Jim Kelly Boomer Esiason Latrell Sprewell--he's gotta feed his fam |
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Triple A
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I saw an AC Van Basten shirt recently, hot
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the heartbreak king
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Luc Longley
BJ Armstrong Toni Kukoc Bill Wennington Steve Kerr Ron Harper Dickey Simpkins and of course The Holy Trinity To be more specific. Last edited by ron the dial; 11-30-2007 at 09:47 PM. |
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#38 |
continental drift
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Bill "Beef" Wennington is my favorite player ever
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The Satanic Mechanic
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Part time poster
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Mark Hughes
Bret Hart Roberto Baggio Nigel Benn |
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