"I follow the Tour de France about as much as the average North American person… I only know of it because of the success that Lance Armstrong has had. Michael Jordan was the greatest athlete I ever saw. Tiger Woods is now at a point where he is going to go down in history as something special. There's not a question that Lance Armstrong belongs with those two guys. Not only because of what he has done as an athlete, but also what he has been able to come back from."
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Wayne Gretzky, Canadian hockey player, as quoted in "King of the Hill" by Kelli Anderson in Sports Illustrated (5 August 2002)
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