Pro Athlete of The Year
- See also: Associated Press Athlete of the Year, Best Female Athlete ESPY Award, Best Male Athlete ESPY Award, Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
- 2009 – Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees
- 2010 – Roy Halladay, Philadelphia Phillies
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“It is sweet and honourable to die for one’s country.
[Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.]”
—Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)
“Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through.”
—Germaine Greer (b. 1939)
“I know not whether Laws be right
Or whether Laws be wrong;
All that we know who live in gaol
Is that the wall is strong;
And that each day is like a year,
A year whose days are long.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)