He wasn't a superstar athlete, a successful entrepreneur or a famous actor.

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When a superstar athlete like Lance or Michael Jordan comes back, year after year, to fight for another championship, I geek out on their determination.

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College coaches say that in many instances, such as when there are no individual rankings, they often rely on the online services to find the superstar athlete in the haystack.

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They believed me when I told them who I was and who I was writing, gave me the car, the access to a superstar athlete and when I wrote a story about it in a magazine or newspaper or website as I said I would, it made them a little more likely to believe the next guy.

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The world No. 103's YouTube channel is the second most popular of any active athlete, surpassing that of NBA superstar LeBron James, according to the PGA Tour report.

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Pistorius made history in London last year when he became the first double-amputee track athlete to compete in the Olympic Games, propelling him to the status of an athletics superstar.

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While Frankel is undoubtedly great news for racing -- he is the only equine athlete who regularly grabs the headlines from his human counterparts -- to some degree the hype around this superstar has turned him into a victim of his own success.

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