But we seem to expect more of our sporting heroes than we do of ourselves.
All day Sydneysiders had celebrated the presence of one of Australia's most popular sporting heroes.
Another section of the survey focused on national sporting heroes with Liverpool's Steven Gerrard topping that poll.
We like to imagine our sporting heroes as supermen, capable of physical deeds impossible to us mortals watching on.
Reding, while also working on other make-believe sporting heroes, spent time working on Belgium's favorite young adventurer Tintin during the 1950s.
Some of Northern Ireland's great sporting heroes, including Barry McGuigan, Dave 'Boy' McAuley and Mary Peters, were also at the film's premiere.
Some will be able to meet their sporting heroes during walkabouts planned for the beginning and end of the parade, officials said.
Samoan celebrities and MPs added their voices of support with Youtube messages and sporting heroes also came to the fore with the announcement early this week that the ARL, NRL and NZ Rugby League had joined as official partners.
Both countries have some way to go before they produce footballers who reach the same level as their other sporting heroes such as Tendulkar - the second highest Test century maker of all time - and Courtney Walsh - the leading wicket taker in Test history.
This proposal will be considered by a grant panel, which will assess it to ensure it is capable of demonstrating a measurable impact on the Unsung Heroes sporting work.
In fact, Chinese heroes in all sporting industries are emerging, whether in golf, snooker or Formula 1 racing.
But recently two of these stood out for me: One is Special Olympics where people with intellectual disabilities participate in sporting events, the other one is a South African charity supporting HIV-positive people called Positive Heroes .
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