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My first idol was a Swedish goalie, Peter Lindmark.

— Henrik Lundqvist

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.

— Adam Oates

I liked Pat Cash, and I loved Mats Wilander. I went to the Australian Open with my parents, and I used to watch Wilander being cheered on by the Swedish fans, and with his game style being like mine, I drew comparisons with him.

— Lleyton Hewitt

When I was a teenager, my idol was the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff. He's the only person I've ever asked for an autograph.

— Ferran Adria

I wanted to be the Dutch Bruce Jenner - that was my goal. He was my hero.

— Bas Rutten

My sporting heroes were Ken Jones, Stanley Matthews, and Cliff Morgan.

— Lynn Davies

Robert Wagner was my greatest crush.

— Debbie Reynolds

I was the classic midfield organiser who could also score goals.

— Michel Patini

My role model, my idol, was Francois Truffaut.

— David Seltzer

✗Opposing Perspectives

My idol is Emile Zola. He was a man of the left, so people expected of him a kind of 'Les Miserables,' in which the underdogs are always noble people. But he went out, and found a lot of ambitious, drunk, slothful and mean people out there. Zola simply could not - and was not interested in - telling a lie.

— Tom Wolfe

Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years.

— Hermann Maier