Funny. When I wrote that I was thinking back to the heroes of yesteryear. The Bob Mathias', Jesse Owens', et al.
Oddly enough, the one time I ever went to an eye doctor when I lived in South FL, it happened to be this guy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Sime
I was looking at the pictures on the wall in his office and asked him if that was him. When he told me yes, I told him I remembered those Olympic games. Regardless of a person's personality, that's some humbling stuff.