Pets provide more than just company; they often become unofficial team members. Athletes have long been known to be fiercely competitive, always looking for an edge. With a little motivation from their furry (or not furry) sidekicks, we watch these champions accomplish amazing feats.
Athletes
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Shaquille O’Neal Pets
Shaquille O’Neal is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. O’Neal is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players and centers of all time. He is a 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) and 325-pound (147 kg) center who played for six teams over his 19-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is a four-time NBA champion.
Chad Ochocinco Pets
Chad Ochocinco Johnson, known from 2008 to 2012 as Chad Ochocinco, is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football for Santa Monica College and Oregon State University, and played 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cincinnati Bengals, New England Patriots, and the Miami Dolphins. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL) in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft, and played for the Bengals for 10 seasons.
Martin Brundle Pets
Martin Brundle is a British former racing driver, best known as a Formula One driver and as a commentator for ITV Sport from 1997 to 2008, the BBC from 2009 to 2011, and Sky Sports since 2012. Brundle contested the 1983 British Formula Three Championship, finishing a close second to Ayrton Senna, and the two progressed to Formula One the next year.
Ryan Newman Pets
Ryan Newman nicknamed “Rocket Man”, is an American professional stock car racing driver.
Bubba Wallace Pets
Bubba Wallace is an American professional stock car racing driver who has made waves in the NASCAR community. Wallace’s career in racing began when he was just nine years old, and he quickly developed a passion for the sport. He made his NASCAR debut in 2015 and has since become one of the most recognizable faces in the industry.
Rudy Gobert Pets
Rudy Gobert is a French professional basketball player of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the French national team in their international competitions. Standing at 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall with a wingspan of 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) long, he plays the center position.
Roger Federer Pets
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. He is ranked No. 11 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam men’s singles titles.
Jordyn Wieber Pets
Jordyn Wieber is an American former artistic gymnast turned gymnastics coach. Since April 2019, she has been the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. Weiber was a member of the gold-medal-winning U.S.
Gordon Hayward Pets
Gordon Hayward is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played two seasons of college basketball for the Butler Bulldogs and was selected by the Utah Jazz with the ninth overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft. He played seven seasons in Utah before signing with the Boston Celtics in 2017.
Taj Gibson Pets
Taj Gibson is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Gibson played college basketball for the USC Trojans and was selected 26th overall by the Chicago Bulls in the 2009 NBA draft. The 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) power forward played mostly a sixth man role off the bench for the Bulls before being traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2017, later signing with the Minnesota Timberwolves the same year.