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*[[Atletico Madrid]], a Spanish soccer team whose roster had far fewer stars and cost much less than the expensively-assembled [[Real Madrid]], which contained the two most expensive players in the world, and the star-laden and [[liberal]]-promoted [[FC Barcelona]], won the 2013-14 La Liga championship over both clubs. Furthermore, their star striker, Diego Costa, had only scored 52 league goals over seven prior career years and had bounced around seven different teams before the 2013-14 season, but in that season alone, he scored 27 league goals, easily surpassing his previous career-best and leading Atletico to the title.

*[[Atletico Madrid]], a Spanish soccer team whose roster had far fewer stars and cost much less than the expensively-assembled [[Real Madrid]], which contained the two most expensive players in the world, and the star-laden and [[liberal]]-promoted [[FC Barcelona]], won the 2013-14 La Liga championship over both clubs. Furthermore, their star striker, Diego Costa, had only scored 52 league goals over seven prior career years and had bounced around seven different teams before the 2013-14 season, but in that season alone, he scored 27 league goals, easily surpassing his previous career-best and leading Atletico to the title.

*Jim Plunkett, a Mexican American raised by blind parents who had met at a school for the blind, won two stunning [[Super Bowl]] victories in addition to the [[Heisman Trophy]], despite how his college coach had tried to talk him out of being a quarterback.<ref>http://www.davidpietrusza.com/Plunkett.html</ref>

*Jim Plunkett, a Mexican American raised by blind parents who had met at a school for the blind, won two stunning [[Super Bowl]] victories in addition to the [[Heisman Trophy]], despite how his college coach had tried to talk him out of being a quarterback.<ref>http://www.davidpietrusza.com/Plunkett.html</ref>

*Albert Pujols was a community college baseball player who was panned by a [[scouting report]] and was not drafted until the 402nd selection in 1999, and yet became one of the greatest hitters of the 21st century who led the Cardinals to two World Series championships.

*[[Albert Pujols]] was a community college baseball player with only one year of experience at that level, was panned by a [[scouting report]] and as a result was not drafted until the 402nd selection in 1999, and yet after only one season in the minors was on the St. Louis Cardinals major league roster the following year.  Pujols became one of the greatest hitters of the 21st century and led the Cardinals to two World Series championships. (It is commonly, though wrongly, reported that Pujols' chance came only because of an injury to Bobby Bonilla; Tony La Russa (the Cardinals' manager) stated that this was not the case; he had impressed the staff and several players and was going to be promoted before the injury.<ref>''One Last Strike''.  LaRussa, Tony, with [[Rick Hummel]].  2012, Harper Collins Publishers, {{ISBN|978-0-06-220738-8}}, p. 41-42</ref>)

*Sloane Stephens, an African American ranked No. 934 in the world in women's tennis the month before, easily won the U.S. Open in 2017, while no player in the finals of the 2015 U.S. Open in women's tennis was ranked in the top 20.

*Sloane Stephens, an African American ranked No. 934 in the world in women's tennis the month before, easily won the U.S. Open in 2017, while no player in the finals of the 2015 U.S. Open in women's tennis was ranked in the top 20.

*Stephen Curry, one of the smallest players in the [[NBA]], was drafted only 7th in his year and yet has become perhaps the finest basketball shooter ever.

*Stephen Curry, one of the smallest players in the [[NBA]], was drafted only 7th in his year and yet has become perhaps the finest basketball shooter ever.