Golfer Stephan Jäger is one of a few who have managed to triumph as outsiders in the US sports system. Even though they were always told it was impossible.
A few years ago, the small Austrian town of Thal dedicated a place of remembrance to its most famous son. In his former parents’ house you can trace the path of the later bodybuilder, actor, politician and life philosopher Arnold Schwarzenegger, which took him from the Styrian province outside of Graz into the big, wide world. Schwarzenegger is the ultimate example of a person who had to work hard for every small step from obscurity to world fame. And he is a role model for countless followers – not all of whom had to lift weights to emulate him.