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Know-it-alls who dismiss women's sports can skip the next two paragraphs. Nevertheless, the perfect sports figure also would have the maturity of Sue Bird. She's only 25, but the Seattle Storm's All-Star point guard could give seminars on leading by example. It helps that she has known success at every level, having won basketball titles in high school, college, the WNBA and at the Olympic Games. But spend some time around this athlete and you soon realize her teams have succeeded at least partly because Bird is smart, tough, dedicated, industrious and inspirational.

So much of Bird's impact on her teammates isn't quantifiable in hard stats, yet her knack for bringing out the best in people through unselfishness and a deep appreciation of teamwork is already legendary. Former teammate Kate Starbird once said: "It's so easy to play with her. She makes anyone look good."

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