Gallery: Your Favorite Athletes as Kids

See what LeBron, Kobe, Messi and many more famous ballers looked like as young'ns.

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Photos tell stories. Whether it’s a yearbook picture, some classic family pics, or even those little league baseball cards, they capture memories that'll last a lifetime. We've gathered pics of a number of your favorite—and maybe not so favorite—athletes when they were still wet behind the ears. Because it's always fun to make fun of pics of other people's younger days. Like Kobe making the growl face as a youngster or the fact that a young Michael Jordan resembles Joey Badass. So, from Alex Ovechkin with a toy knife to Blake Griffin chilling poolside with his best bud, make sure you peep this gallery of Your Favorite Athletes as Kids.

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Kevin Durant

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Lionel Messi

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Peyton & Eli Manning

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LeBron James

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Alex Ovechkin

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Russell Martin and Alex Rodriguez

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Derek Jeter

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BJ Upton

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Dwyane Wade

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Jered Weaver

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Mickey Mantle

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Martin Brodeur

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David Beckham

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Tom Brady

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Jason Heyward

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David Wright

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Rafael Nadal

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CC Sabathia

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Maria Sharapova

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Roger Federer

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Hope Solo

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Mia Hamm

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Stephen Curry

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Blake Griffin

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Venus and Serena Williams

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Carmelo Anthony

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Kobe Bryant

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Shaquille O'Neal

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Tiger Woods

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Michael Jordan

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