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In my opinion, Jackie is the greatest female athlete ever.

— Marion Jones

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

— Sidney Poitier

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I've met more than one person in their early 20s who has never heard of Jackie Onassis, though most girls have because she exists as a fashion icon.

— Lydia Leonard

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

— Sidney Poitier

As I look out there and see the culture of baseball, a lot of blacks and Latins, it's given me a lot of joy to know that Jackie started that. If Jackie hadn't come in '47, me and Ron Santo wouldn't have played in Double-A and all those years in the big leagues.

— Billy Williams

Babe Ruth is an icon, in sports and in our society.

— Alex Rodriguez

Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.

— Venus Williams

Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity.

— Will McDonough

✗Opposing Perspectives

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.

— George Steinbrenner

Holly Holm is a heck of an athlete and a heck of a fighter.

— Robbie Lawler