Whereas Page, Zuckerberg and Mayer innovated on the web, 40-year-old Kevin Plank provided a new experience for athletes on the field.
On the opposite side you find athletes like 19-year-old Kenyan Pamela Jelimo who, having been thrust into sporting superstardom in her home country after winning 800m gold in Beijing, had a tough winter and is only just beginning to get back into shape.
The 30-year-old gym is already at capacity, with elite athletes training alongside mother and toddler groups.
"I am an athlete first and foremost and it is vital for my competitiveness, my well being and for my preparations for events during the European summer that I measure my performance against other athletes, " the 19-year-old said in a statement Tuesday.
Seau, like others, was in what non-super athletes call the prime of life (43 years old), on the cusp of prime time earning potential.
Last summer, before the NBA season began, my 11-year-old son sent letters, photos and SASEs to eight or so athletes he liked, asking for autographs.
FORBES: Dirk Nowitzki Is Most Marketable NBA Player, But He Doesn't Want to Be a Brand
"It's actually harder to work with a professional athlete than it is to get the weight off a 30-year-old new mother, " said Kotterman, who has worked with pro athletes in multiple sports.
As Pacquiao has ascended into one of the planet's most compelling athletes, so has the reputation of the 51-year-old Roach, Pac-man's soft-spoken engineer in the corner, counseling wisely behind black-rimmed eyeglasses.
Of the four athletes that took part, Gwyn Jones -- a 20-year-old male who competed in the mixed pairs figure skating -- was by far-and-a-way the eldest of a remarkably young team.
But unless something is done to defeat the disease, years from now people who are today young and strong will be fighting it, and -- when the disease strikes their favorite actors, athletes and singers who are in 2012 so full of youth and energy, and who will inevitably grow old -- they, too, will be reminded of the passing years, and of life's memories lost and found.
应用推荐