06-24-2014, 03:03 PM
who are of your favorite athletes?
For me many names come to mind but I'll give you one for now...
Didier Drogba is by far my favorite football (soccer) player and a great person to boot. Just got through watching the heartbreaking Ivory Coast loss to Greece, eliminating Drogba's home nation from competition.
I am not one of those people who thinks it should be expected for athletes to provide examples of what it is to be a good human being. Still I look as much at this aspect of an athletes life as I do their skill on the field, when picking my personal favorites.
Didier Drogba has been a great hero on and off the pitch for millions I leave you to read about his football career at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Drogba here is some of what sells him as a great person to me...
From the wiki page...
"Drogba is credited with playing a vital role in bringing peace to his country. After the Ivory Coast qualified for the 2006 World Cup, Drogba made a desperate plea to the combatants, asking them to lay down their arms, a plea which was answered with a cease fire after five years of civil war. Drogba later helped move an African Cup of Nations qualifier to the rebel stronghold of Bouake; a move that helped confirm the peace process...
His involvement in the peace process led to Drogba being named as one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine for 2010. Drogba's charity work continued when, in late 2009, he announced he would be donating the £3 million signing on fee for his endorsement of Pepsi for the construction of a hospital in his hometown of Abidjan...
You can read more on the Wiki page if you like...
For me many names come to mind but I'll give you one for now...
Didier Drogba is by far my favorite football (soccer) player and a great person to boot. Just got through watching the heartbreaking Ivory Coast loss to Greece, eliminating Drogba's home nation from competition.
I am not one of those people who thinks it should be expected for athletes to provide examples of what it is to be a good human being. Still I look as much at this aspect of an athletes life as I do their skill on the field, when picking my personal favorites.
Didier Drogba has been a great hero on and off the pitch for millions I leave you to read about his football career at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Drogba here is some of what sells him as a great person to me...
From the wiki page...
"Drogba is credited with playing a vital role in bringing peace to his country. After the Ivory Coast qualified for the 2006 World Cup, Drogba made a desperate plea to the combatants, asking them to lay down their arms, a plea which was answered with a cease fire after five years of civil war. Drogba later helped move an African Cup of Nations qualifier to the rebel stronghold of Bouake; a move that helped confirm the peace process...
His involvement in the peace process led to Drogba being named as one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine for 2010. Drogba's charity work continued when, in late 2009, he announced he would be donating the £3 million signing on fee for his endorsement of Pepsi for the construction of a hospital in his hometown of Abidjan...
You can read more on the Wiki page if you like...
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