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             we can personally appreciate the difficulty of performing to such high degrees of
             excellence. For example, I myself am a baseball player. When I look up to professional
             players such as Ken Griffey Jr., I praise the fact that he has the ability to run from home
             to first in four seconds, or hit a baseball 500 feet, or make acrobatic plays in the outfield.
             I see that we are both human and have two arms and two legs, so I can acknowledge the
             fact that he has some much more potential than myself. Because of that, I praise him.
             On a greater scale, sports figures have an enormous impact on many aspects of an
             individual's life. Children look up to these sports figures as "idols" who are invincible.
             And because so many people get emotionally invested while watching sports and become
             so involved in the game, sports consequently holds a great importance to them in their
             lives. As Richard Harris Jackson states, "the enjoyment we experience emotionally from
             witnessing the success or victory of a competing individual or team increases with the
             degree of positive sentiments . . . we feel toward that party" (Jackson 135). Thus we look
             up to great superstars as celebrities. Various commercials and promotiona
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