Alexander Ovechkin vs. Roberto Clemente
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Alexander Ovechkin
1985 – present
Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a left winger and captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "the Great 8" and "Ovi", as well as "Alexander the Great" by Russian media, Ovechkin has scored the most career goals in NHL regular season history, and is the only player in NHL history to have scored 900 regular season goals.
"My goal is the same, work like last year, play hard all the time. Try and score goals."
Roberto Clemente
1934 – 1972
Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder. On December 31, 1972, Clemente was killed when his Douglas DC-7 airplane, which he had chartered for a flight to take and deliver emergency relief goods for the survivors of a massive earthquake in Nicaragua, crashed and plunged into the water off the coast of Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. He was 38 years old.
"He is a proud man. Proud of Puerto Rico, his native land, and proud to be a professional baseball player. He is a strong believer in the dignity of man and that…"
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