Rodney Mullen is an influential professional skateboarder who started skating at age 10 and went professional after defeating world champion Steve Rocco at age 14. Some of his accomplishments include winning his first freestyle contest, co-founding World Industries skateboard company, creating the Almost Skateboards company, and being named Transworld's reader's choice for skater of the year. He is admired by the author for being a very good skater. Lionel Messi is a professional soccer player born in 1987 in Rosario, Argentina who has played soccer since childhood.
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