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Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt received the honour for his exceptional humanitarian efforts in the Houston area in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, helping to raise $37 million to help those impacted.
JJ WATT - Sporting Inspiration Award 2018

When Houston went through the hurricane, we saw disaster. We saw devastation. But what I saw after that was hope. I saw something truly special. I saw neighbors, I saw kids, I saw policemen, firefighters, strangers step up to help each other out. I saw people from all over the world donate their money, donate their time, drive in, fly in to help out their fellow citizen. A citizen they may never have met before. A place they may never have been before, but they saw a human struggling, a human in need, and they helped out. I didn’t do anything special. I just gave everyone an opportunity to help. Everybody else did the work.

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