He's landed dozens of interviews, magazine covers and a Sportsman of the Year title from Sports Illustrated.
If one was not a sportsman, the only other circle to belong to was the readers' circle.
He's a delightful person, not only as a sportsman but also how he is as a human being.
"They said 'being a sportsman obviously helped you to withstand the pressure of the operation and that's pulled you through', " he added.
He added that just because Ferdinand had special skills as a sportsman did not mean that his private life was something newspapers could write about without restriction.
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If you're a hunter, if you're a sportsman -- if you have a gun in your house for protection -- you've got to understand what it feels like for that mom whose son was randomly shot.
Known popularly by his initials AP (Anthony Peter), McCoy is quite simply a superlative sportsman and a great ambassador for National Hunt racing.
Born in 1939 in Dunbartonshire, Stewart was a natural sportsman as a youngster and represented his country at shooting before settling for a career in motor sport.
Friends said he was a "quiet, friendly" man who was a keen sportsman and credit to his community.
"You are a professional sportsman, you chose this way of life so you do what it takes, " he said bluntly.
They went against everything I stand for as a professional sportsman.
By his own admission, Calzaghe has endured some bad days at his office but the sign of a great sportsman is, whatever his performance, he keeps on winning.
Its first elected mayor, a popular local sportsman, stood down in 2009 following criticism of local social services for failing to stop the maltreatment and murder of a child.
My first brush with Australian tennis royalty came in a swimming pool in Marrakesh of all places, when I found myself shoulder deep in water alongside a ridiculously handsome man who introduced himself, after a bit of nosy prodding, as a "retired sportsman".
"I think we all appreciate that there are pressures attached to being a top-line sportsman, " he said.
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He should have been fat, but he was a fine and fit sportsman, captain of both football and wrestling at university.
The other is a highly-regarded sportsman who holds the records (tied) for most U.S. Open (five) and Wimbledon (seven) titles in the Open era.
But his tenure as captain came to an ignominious end in February 2010 after he was revealed as the sportsman behind a gagging injunction involving his private life.
He is known occasionally to swear, but otherwise he is a clean-living sportsman who works out with weights when he is not perfecting his craft on the golf course.
When Ben Berg turned 16 back in 1992, he got a curious birthday gift: A beat-up 1972 Dodge Sportsman Royal Van that once belonged to The Melvins, the iconic sludge-metal act that played a major role in the evolution of what became known as grunge.
Our goal: Sportsman Lake, a dot of water near 10, 969-foot Electric Peak, a fly-fishing paradise 11 miles from the nearest road.
The V8's vocals will bring a tear to your eye, with pitched, hissing over-notes coming from the turbochargers (17-psi max boost) and a major-league, Late Model Sportsman-style warble from the tailpipes, abetted by an active exhaust system that opens up as the engine revs rise.
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Bryn Celynnog head of PE Martin Sallam said Roberts "was not an obvious sportsman" in school but had a huge desire to be successful.
Much has been made of the impact Ivan Lendl has had on Murray since becoming his coach in December 2011, but Bollettieri suggested Paul Annacone, who began working with Federer in August 2010, also deserves credit for persuading the four-time Laureus World Sportsman of the Year to adopt a more aggressive approach.
And now the sportsman's main piggybank, Nike, has hit a rough patch.
Another sportsman aboard the 57-foot charter boat Citation had hooked one a minute before, and everyone had turned their backs on Whalen to watch the action.
But, like a breakthrough band suddenly finding itself appreciated by a mainstream audience, the Londoner's serendipitous success in his own city, coming just days after he became the first ever Briton to ride up Paris' Champs-Elysees in the Tour de France winner's yellow jersey, has seen him transformed from respected niche sportsman into "Wiggo, " the people's champion and a cult phenomenon.
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