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    Can You Make It Through These Emotional Sports Moments Without Crying?

    Grab a box of tissues and queue up some Sarah McLachlan.

    1. Derek Redmond crosses the finish line with his father at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games.

    2. Michael Jordan leads the Chicago Bulls to win the 1996 NBA Finals on Father's Day.

    3. Michael Sam receives the news that he’s been chosen with the 239th selection of the 2014 NFL draft, making him the first out gay player in the league.

    4. Landing on one foot, an injured Kerri Strug wins gold at Atlanta's 1996 Summer Games.

    5. Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

    6. Kevin Durant gives an emotional speech after winning the 2013–14 KIA NBA Most Valuable Player Award.

    7. Lou Gehrig's famous speech in 1939.

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    After being diagnosed with ALS, now commonly know as Lou Gehrig's disease, the Iron Horse announced that he would be walking away from baseball.

    8. Jim Valvano announces the beginning of The V Foundation for Cancer Research during his 1993 ESPY Speech.

    9. Erving "Magic" Johnson announces he's contracted HIV and that he's retiring from the NBA.

    Thankfully, Magic is healthy and back to being Magic.

    10. Team Hoyt, Dick Hoyt and his son Rick, were honored by the city of Boston with a bronze statue.

    11. Jack Buck's "For America" speech delivered before the first MLB baseball game since the 9/11 attacks.

    12. Andy Murray fights back tears during his speech at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships.

    13. Virat Kohli congratulates Sachin Tendulkar after India wins the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

    14. Muhammed Ali surprises everyone by lighting the Olympic torch to commence the 1996 Summer Games.

    15. Unable to walk after rounding first, Sara Tucholsky gets carried by opposing players to round the bases after hitting her first homerun.

    16. Michael Irvin gives an emotional speech after being inducted in the NFL's Hall of Fame.

    17. Jack Hoffman, a 7-year-old brain cancer patient, scores a 69-yard touchdown in the 2013 Nebraska Spring Game.

    18. Inspired by his grandmother's last words, Canada’s Jon Montgomery wins gold in the men’s skeleton final in the 2010 Olympics.

    19. Mitchell Marcus, a disabled high school basketball player, scores a basket after an opposing player passes him the ball.

    20. Ian Johnson proposes to his girlfriend after scoring the game winning two-point conversion on a "Statue of Liberty Play" during the Fiesta Bowl.

    21. Andre Agassi says farewell to fans after his final match vs. Benjamin Becker at the 2006 U.S. Open.

    22. Jason McElwain, an autistic high school basketball player, scores 20 points in four minutes.

    23. Only one day after his father's death, Brett Favre throws four touchdowns in a 42-7 victory over the the Oakland Raiders.