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 IN SEARCH OF YOUR HEROS.
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THE STEEL BEAST Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 579) |
posted July 02, 2000 10:16 PM
  
JUST WONDERING WHO YOUR HEROS ARE PAST OR PRESENT?SEEMS AS OF THE PRESENT WE LACK ANY TRUE HEROS. ------------------ One more road to cross The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad. BLOOD LIKE VENOM, IP: Logged |
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goleafs Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 538) |
posted July 02, 2000 10:19 PM
past: wayne gretzky present: the steel beast IP: Logged |
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Jim Layhoe Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 496) |
posted July 02, 2000 10:44 PM
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MattTheSkywalker Moderator (Total posts: 1160) |
posted July 02, 2000 10:52 PM
In the past I wanted to be like Mike - any kid that's ever picked up a basketball has probably idolized Michael Jordan. I also admire the courage of COL David Hackworth for many reasons - from his 8 Purple Hearts (including shot in the head twice) to his willingness to speak his mind about the situation in VietNam, although it cost him a chance at ever becoming a general in the Army..... I am also inspired by anyone who has overcome true adversity - there's a kid I know who is paralyzed from the neck down - just graduated college. Whenever I don't feel like doing something, I just think that this kid would give anything to do the "boring" things I do......and he inspires me to really push myself. He is pushing himself so hard that I can't help but be motivated by it. To most people he a quadraplegic -even a vegetable- but to me he is an inspiration. Thanks Tim. Matt IP: Logged |
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ore Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 24) |
posted July 02, 2000 10:59 PM
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ore Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 24) |
posted July 02, 2000 11:06 PM
Speaking of heroes, do you guys remember that sprinter during the '92 Olympics who got hurt midway through the race, but still limped all the way to the finish line? This may sound corny, but I almost cried when I saw that. I wish I had half the heart that guy showed that day. IP: Logged |
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goleafs Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 538) |
posted July 03, 2000 12:19 AM
bobby baun , scoring the clinching goal for the leafs way back in the good ol days of hockey. IP: Logged |
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Blood4Blood Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 58) |
posted July 03, 2000 01:56 AM
I don't belive people should have heros. That might sound stupid at first, but anybody who is your "hero" is just another falliable human being, filled with insecurity and fear just like you. They just did a better job of hiding it than you. Your "hero" is just an image, an Icon. It sometimes helps me to remeber this. There are pleanty of people I look to for insiration or guideance, but I don't put anyone in the "hero" catagory, I look to people I meet in everyday life for inspiration, not some millionaire athlete or movie star. My mom comes to mind, my girlfriend, certain instructors at my college, people like that. ####### IP: Logged |
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Austin316 Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 312) |
posted July 03, 2000 01:59 AM
Stone Cold Steve Austin (actually I don't have any heros, Austins just the coolest person I can think of) ------------------ IP: Logged |
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THE STEEL BEAST Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 579) |
posted July 03, 2000 02:21 AM
HERE ARE SOME OF MINE WHO ARE WORTHY:WILLIAM WALLACE,ALBERT EINSTEIN,BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,JULIUS CAESAR,ALEXANDER THE GREAT. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Austin316 Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 312) |
posted July 03, 2000 02:38 AM
Hey STEEL, whats with all the greeks and romans, why would they be your heros? IP: Logged |
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THE STEEL BEAST Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 579) |
posted July 03, 2000 04:18 AM
OH YEAH I FORGOT ABOUT HERCULES,ADONIS,NARCISSUS ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Thick dog Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 812) |
posted July 03, 2000 09:39 AM
Caligula, King Henry V111, Arnold, and Bo Jackson. IP: Logged |
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Fish Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 508) |
posted July 03, 2000 09:44 AM
My Grandpa. He saved lives in war. He treated my Grandma with respect. He took time out of his day to listen to me. He taught me how to get things done. He was kind, smart, and honest. He was real, not some superhero I made up. Not some person I never really met. How do you know they are your heros? Have you ever needed them and they help you???? ------------------ [This message has been edited by Fish (edited July 03, 2000).] IP: Logged |
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xTylerDurdenx Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 29) |
posted July 03, 2000 11:21 AM
I have to grant the title of hero to my mother. See changed my diapers... 'nuff said. And I need to add MJ, or I couldn't live with myself =) ------------------ "You think that is PAIN?!?! It is premature enlightenment." IP: Logged |
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slabcat Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 156) |
posted July 03, 2000 12:29 PM
Past: Aristotle-Socrates, President Kennedy, of course ARNOLD,Thurgood Marshall. Present: Steel has a good point, there's not much to look up to these days, maybe Shack,Goerge Costanza, and David Letterman!LOL. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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denmaur Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 318) |
posted July 03, 2000 01:09 PM
Blood4blood-I have to respectfully disagree with you. I read somewhere that true courage is not being fearless but rather having the ability to face up to your fears and conquer them. The ones you say are scared and insecure have figured out a way to become successful despite their fears. To me that is something to admire. I know personally I would be a lot farther along in life right now if I had the courage to overcome my fears and achieve what I want regardless of the fear. I have done so to a limited extent and it is the best feeling in the world. Heroes are people with weaknesses and frailties just like us all but they do great things anyway. I think that is something to admire and strive to live up to. Unfortunately there arent many around today. IP: Logged |
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TxCollegeguy Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 366) |
posted July 03, 2000 01:11 PM
All the servicemen and women here might laugh but for anyone who knows anything about the Seals "Demo Dick" maybe that would ring some bells....grant it alot of his books now are bit to fable like, his first one was downright inspirational. IP: Logged |
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Steelsoldier Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 227) |
posted July 03, 2000 01:14 PM
My hero when it comes to power and size Snoop Dog. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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goleafs Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 538) |
posted July 03, 2000 01:28 PM
my pecker , little guy just works so hard. IP: Logged |
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MONSTROSITY Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 320) |
posted July 03, 2000 01:41 PM
Michael Jordan was the perfect hero. He overcame adversity everytime it was staring him in the face. He had no quit in him. Even with a high fever he was able to call upon himself to rise to greatness. IP: Logged |
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bikinimom Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 136) |
posted July 03, 2000 01:52 PM
OK - I think will take the cake for "corny" but, yesterday morning my five-year old woke up crying and visibly shaken. When I asked her what the mattter was she replied that she had had a a bad dream. When I asked her to tell me about she said she didn't want to say. She wouldn't tell my husband either and just sat and continued to shake. I took her in my lap and told her gently that if she revealed the "bad dream" to me then it would "go away" and that it would not return. She finally confided that she had a nightmare about kindergarten (she's going in Sept). I interpretted her nightmare and told her that it was OK to be afraid that her high expectations about her impending scholastic experiences might not be met; but that this would not be the case. I told her that she did not have to be afraid - her teacher would not be mean and she would indeed have a lot of fun new experiences. She seemed to believe me, yet she still was not completely reassured. My other older daughters were nearby listening. My six and 1/2 yr old then came over, stroked her sister's shoulder and said, "It's OK Monika, you don't have to be afraid. You will love kindergarten." To which my younger daughter replied with a great deal of new-found, "I know, it was only a bad dream." That was the last I heard of it. What makes me marvel at this situation is that children THIS YOUNG have the ability to put their own fears (every year - new teacher, new friends, more difficult work, etc, might not seem like much to an adult, but is it really all that different from any changing life situation i.e. marriage, new job, new baby?) aside to comfort and bolster the confidence of another. In my estimation THAT IS A HERO. IP: Logged |
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cm3504jm Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 87) |
posted July 03, 2000 02:05 PM
A couple, Col. Joshua Chamberlain at the battle of Little Round Top in Gettysburg PA. (Today is the anniversary of that battle). Also, any person who served in the Vietnam war with dignity and had to face an unfriendly public upon coming home- All of you are heroes to me. IP: Logged |
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tray renfro Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 639) |
posted July 03, 2000 03:24 PM
past: Cal Ripkin, Bo Jackson, Julius Erving, Arnold present: anyone that has read the dictonary! ------------------ IP: Logged |
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gearface Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 289) |
posted July 03, 2000 03:47 PM
Bill Clinton ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Cleaner Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 441) |
posted July 03, 2000 03:54 PM
First - my wife, for putting up with my pain in the ass. This can not be easy. For working her ass off to get us a head and always placing me first. Second - my father, for busting his hands and his ass everyday so that I could have a better life. It has never been easy to watch how hard he works. For me one of my greatest days was when my wife and I had enough money to pay off all my parents debts and let them start the second half of thier life. Thrid - Thor, for alway watching over me and telling me that I wasn't fukkin up all the time. For teaching me to place myself and my family first in all matters. For giving the perspective to handle life no matter how shitty it gets. To fight the good fight even if it is a losing battle and that some fight involve alot of pain but that is better than being dead. That your life is the most important thing there is. May he rest in peace. Finally Demo Dick is the man if half his books are true we are all indebt to him. IP: Logged |
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mightydog Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 314) |
posted July 03, 2000 03:57 PM
Linds Lovelace,ooops, wrong thread! IP: Logged |
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denmaur Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 318) |
posted July 03, 2000 04:08 PM
Gearface - You don't set your sites all that high do you? IP: Logged |
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The Whole F/N Show Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 92) |
posted July 03, 2000 04:12 PM
Spider-Man, Batman and of course Wolverine [This message has been edited by The Whole F/N Show (edited July 03, 2000).] IP: Logged |
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moe dank Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 1076) |
posted July 03, 2000 05:39 PM
First off, my step dad(been there from the start) for taking a kid that wasnt his and raising it as his own and really giving a shit when things when wrong in my life. Second, my mom for being a pregnant teen and keeping it. Thrid, mark emery(www.emeryseeds.com) for having the balls to say fuck it and send old moe some seeds from canada. I owe this man my life. fourth, anyone that ever came from nothing ------------------ IP: Logged |
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picasso Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 32) |
posted July 04, 2000 08:30 AM
John F.Kennedy.Bob Dylan.Willie Mays. Jerry Garcia.Mikail Gorbachev.Rocky Colavito. Pablo Picasso.Every veteran of war.And anybody who hates Micheal Jordan for creating these corporate whores that so many athletes have become. IP: Logged |
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ryry Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 515) |
posted July 04, 2000 03:44 PM
my MOTHER! for being the best single parent that she could be. for working her ass off so I could live a better life. for all her sacrifices so she can make me happy. for putting up with a punk ass kid like me because i was her son. i would die for that woman... ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Fitnes1 Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 68) |
posted July 05, 2000 03:37 PM
1. Jesus Christ - don't even need to tell anyone why I chose Him as 1. 2. my husband - he's my best friend, my lover, my training partner - enough said. 3. my mother - she's always guided me in all the right ways and given me everything. 4. my sister - she's been a perfect sister. 5. my nephew - he's 19 yrs. old & he's like a brother to me. We're very close & he asks me for advice which makes me feel important! I could go on, but I'll stop. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Romeo Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 231) |
posted July 06, 2000 05:33 PM
well....this is an easy one my mother is my hero...she raised me and my sister by herself my pops was murdered when i was 1 --he was fucked up-- she worked 3-4 jobs some times...she moved out of a roach infrested apartment in queens to a nice neiborhood on LI.... taught me to be the man that i am she is a superhero in my mind peace romeo P.s. took my cousin in like she was her own when my aunt died and my uncle was put in jail...so in actuality she raised 3 kids peace romeo IP: Logged |
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code_x Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 169) |
posted July 06, 2000 05:46 PM
Jesus...he had some killer fucking abs! IP: Logged |
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Kaisersosay Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 205) |
posted July 06, 2000 08:36 PM
I'd have to say my mother and father,they worked hard all there lives.....and guess what?they both just retired.So I'm giving a "BIG HELLS YEAH" to my parents.Oh and my 22 year old niece who's been clean and sober for 3 1/2 years. IP: Logged |
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Formula Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 220) |
posted July 06, 2000 09:58 PM
1. My mom, dad, sister & wife 2. Don Mattingly played ball cause he loved the game 3. Ken Daneyko NJ Devils his heart bleeds Red & Black IP: Logged |
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BACKDRAFT Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 137) |
posted July 06, 2000 10:38 PM
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