25 Sportsmen & Their Sporting Career That Can Be Summed In One Iconic Picture

A picture is worth a thousand words.

It’s difficult to choose a list of sportsmen from a variety of sports. Somehow I have narrowed the list to 25. There maybe one or two surprising inclusions and the old glaring omissions.

You might have seen these images before but if you haven’t these iconic images will surely move you. So here’s a collection of photographs that exhibit the feeling of pure joy or the pain of heartbreak.

1. Michael Schumacher

The greatest F1 driver kissing his Ferrari car goodbye

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2. Jonty Rhodes

The ‘Superman’ who taught the world that fielding is important

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3. Michael Jordan

The #1 basketball player of all-time

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4. Rahul Dravid

This picture sums it up. This is Rahul Dravid.

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5. Shoaib Akthar

Rawalpindi Express

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6. Roger Federer

An old hand with a new move

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7. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

The man whose ability to read the game is exceptional

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8. Sourav Ganguly

The ‘Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo’ of Indian cricket

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9. Zinedine Zidane

When hard work & discipline met elegance & grace

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10. Usain Bolt

‘Don’t think about the start of the race, think of the ending’

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11. Lionel Messi

You know it’s him when this happens

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12. Sachin Tendulkar

The 22 yards are like a temple to me

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13. Diego Maradona

The Hand of God

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14. Muhammad Ali

‘I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was’

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15. AB de Villiers

The king of unusual shots – Mr. 360

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16. Ronaldo

Want goals? Call him.

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17. Anil Kumble

The sort of man you want in your side when you go to war

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18. Ronaldinho

If you hate this man, you hate football

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19. Rafael Nadal

The King of Clay

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20. David Beckham

You don’t bend it like Beckham unless you’re Beckham

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21. Grame Smith

Batting with a broken hand? Yeah. Desperate times call for desperate measures

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22. Viswanathan Anand

This man’s attitude says it all

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23. Hashim Amla

The man who understands his religion well and stays true to his identity

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24. Brett Lee

The man with an extraordinary level of skill, dedication and determination

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25. Michael Phelps

When people call you ‘the most decorated Olympian of all time’ you have to look like that too

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Our soul never thinks without a picture.

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