When I was growing up, yearning with my pals to be a track star, one of our heroes was Bruce Jenner. He won a gold medal at the 1976 Olympics in the decathlon, and he adorned our Wheaties boxes. We all wanted to be Bruce Jenner.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I wanted to be the Dutch Bruce Jenner - that was my goal. He was my hero.
I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
It was what I've always wanted, more than anything: to be an Olympic hero rather than a Tour de France star, something I had from childhood.
I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.
I grew up a Michael Jordan fan; that was my first idol. But my true sports idol was Deion Sanders: he was the person I always wanted to be. I wanted to play two sports professionally, which would never happen, but to me, that was every kid's dream.
Dorothy Hamill was my big idol as a kid. She'd won the Olympics in 1976. She was America's sweetheart with her personality, her talent, her haircut.
And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star.
Going back in time, the best sportsmen ever have been Olympians.
Growing up, Michael Jordan was my Olympic hero.
My stepdad is Bruce Jenner, the Olympian. The first time he came over was like a blind date, and we had show and tell. He took out the gold medal for me and my sisters, and we were like, 'So? Who the hell are you?'