While Adolfo was more of a slugger, Edwin was a dancing stylist who patterned himself after Muhammad Ali.
"He doesn't lose his bulldog mentality," said the Yankees rookie Ian Kennedy, who has patterned himself after Mussina.
Just as Le Clos patterned himself after Phelps, there was someone whose career Phelps, or at least Bowman, studied carefully.
The veteran moviemaker Henry Hathaway, one-time assistant to Fleming, observed: "Clark Gable on screen is Fleming … Every man that ever worked for Fleming patterned himself after him.
Though often derided in his day as a "little man," he closely studied the lives of the greats, with special emphasis on antiquity—Hannibal, Cincinnatus, Scipio, Cyrus the Great and consciously patterned himself after them.
Though often derided in his day as a "little man," he closely studied the lives of the greats, with special emphasis on antiquity — Hannibal, Cincinnatus, Scipio, Cyrus the Great — and consciously patterned himself after them.
Mr. Hashimoto's followers say he has patterned himself somewhat on the last prime minister to make a popular push for fundamental change, the telegenic Junichiro Koizumi, who led the country in the early 2000s by championing economic liberalization.
His next book was "Tommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big Way" (2005), which told how Sinatra patterned himself after Dorsey, the trombonist and bandleader, in everything from his way of breathing while singing to his wardrobe to his dashing self-assuredness.
Steve Jobs has patterned himself after Polaroid founder Ed Land — and tried to learn from Land's strengths and weaknesses.
But beyond physical conditioning, Campbell has patterned himself after Quick in trying to be a great teammate.
