sports hero

2. was the star of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, which was supposed to be a showcase for the so-called "master race."
3. he once said "the first great athlete of the wired world."
4. began the "Marathon of Hope," a cross-country run across Canada intended to raise money for cancer research.
7. . he once said "True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost."
8. well known for his lengthy military career as he is for his days as a star left fielder for the Boston Red Sox.

1. . she once said “I've never cared that much for cementing my place in history. Sports is so transitory, so ephemeral.... One lesson you learn from sports is that life goes on without you.”
2. He was a key figure in a movement that changed a culture.
3. no greater athlete who was a bigger cultural icon in 20th century America
5. used to spend his offseasons doing charity work for his native Puerto Rico.
6. cut his football career short so he could enlist in the U.S. Army and fight in the War on Terror.