I have to agree and disagree with the fact that you actually have to have met someone for them to inspire you, just the fact that someone inspires you to do better and to want more is insperation enough. People are inspired in many different ways, I read the articles and follow bodybuilding and I am inspired to do better in my workouts and want more. I have come to realize that I will never be the biggest guy in the gym but I know this for fact I will never be the smllest. Here is a person who has inspired me to do better in my life and I have never met him:
Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1925 – May 28, 1971) was the most decorated American soldier of World War II
Audie Murphy was credited with destroying six tanks in addition to killing over 240 German soldiers and wounding and capturing many others. His principal U.S. decorations included the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, two Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit, two Bronze Stars with Valor device, and three Purple Hearts (all for genuine combat wounds). Murphy participated in campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany, as denoted by his European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one silver battle star (denoting five campaigns), four bronze battle stars, plus a bronze arrowhead representing his two amphibious assault landings at Sicily and southern France. During the French Campaign, Murphy was awarded two Presidential Citations, one from the 3rd Inf, Division, and one from the 15th Inf. Regiment during the Holtzwihr action.