Icons and Idols: Why Do We Look Up To Them?

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We have lost a very powerful figure in American History. Muhammad Ali. Cassius Marcellus Clay. One of the legends in boxing.

He was idolized by many. And had to forfeit his title because he did not want to fight in the Vietnam War. But he bounced back to his true form after.

Why is this man an idol, a legend, and a hero to some. This man set the bar of the boxing world. Athletes used him as a gauge as greatness, what to become.

And this man. the legend of the basketball world. Michael Jordan. Cira 1994. The Bulls were kings of the basketball world.

Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle.. Two of the Yankee Greats.

And these gentlemen.. Another great man...

We all have idols who we look up to from sports to politicians to influential people.

JFK...

Bill Clinton.

We all have people we strive and who we want to become. We set this bar and the level we want to get to from famous Presidents.

to the best Father and Son Governors of the great State of New York.

We all have aspirations. We do the because we want to be like them. Emulate them, keep the idea in the head that "Yes they are my idols and I will get to that standard. And with that idea, with that fire in our bellies, we strive to become and be like them.