Prominent athletes, such as boxer Muhammad Ali and basketball star Charles Barkley, deliberately distanced themselves from the earlier ideal of the athlete as a model figure.

杰出的运动员们，例如拳王阿里、篮球明星巴克利，都刻意使自己远离先前“做一名为人表率的运动员”这一理想。

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Haney has some history in shaping unpredictable talents, having previously worked with former basketballer Charles Barkley and boxer Sugar Ray Leonard among his celebrity TV clients.

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