In 2002 he became the youngest quarterback in the history of the National Football League (NFL) to lead his team to a Super Bowl victory. Two years later, in 2004, he proved the magic was still strong when he led the New England Patriots to their second Super Bowl title in three years. In addition, Brady was named the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2002 and 2004. The dim‍‍‍pled, clean-cut quarterback had reached career heights that most veteran football players envied, and he had done it all before he was thirty years old.‍‍‍

At the end of his junior year at the University of Tennessee, Peyton Manning found himself in an enviable position. The star quarterb‍‍‍ack of the Tennessee Volunteers was certain to be the first pick in the 1997 NFL draft. He stunned the football world by ..

Left-handed pitcher Jim Abbott is probably the most celebrated athlete with a major disability of his era. Born with a deformed right arm, Abbott was already a national hero before signing a professional contract with the California Angels in 1988..

Five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant has said he'd ra‍‍‍ther be remembered for his role in jump-starting tech companies than his skills on the court.  The retired NBA superstar will get to put that theory to test as he..

These men and women have conquered their sport and learned vital lessons of strength, perseverance, ‍‍‍and identity along the way.

Commonly known by his nickname The Birdman, Tony Hawk is an American professional skateboarder, actor and owner of skateboard company Birdhouse. Hawk is well kno‍‍‍wn for completing the first documented 900 and for his licensed video game titles, published by Activision.

Daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, Laila  defeated some of the most prominent names in women's ‍‍‍boxing, retiring with a 24-0 record. Now a fitness & wellness expert, TV host, cooking enthusiast, Ali is committed to helping others live a healthier life.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she became the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowbo‍‍‍arding medal when she won gold in the women's snowboard halfpipe at the age of 17 years. She is a four-time X Games gold medalist and the first woman to win two gold..

During his decorated career he earned six All-Star selections and four Silver Slugger awards. After admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs during his playing career he wrote a tell-all book, detailing the rampant steroid‍‍‍ use in the MLB.

Diana Nyad is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer. Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan and in 1979 when she swam from North Bimini, The Bahamas, to Juno Beach, Florida.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a global icon that changed the game of professional basketball. Since his stellar professional career, he has gone on to become a celebrated New York Times-bestselling author‍‍‍, filmmaker, ambassador of education, and Time Magazine columnist.

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