Gallery: The Thirstiest Fan-Athlete Photos on the Internet

The thirst is very real out here.

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Meeting your favorite athlete can be a transcendent life experience. You spend your life worshipping him/her across every medium available to the point where they don't seem like real people—they're demigods. So when you get that one chance to meet them, or even spend a second in their aura, it can be thrilling—even thirsty. For those fans who haven't practiced what face they'd make in a picture with their favorite, these moments can come off as embarrassing and even sexually weird. Unfortunately for a few fans of LeBron JamesLionel Messi, and Danica Patrick, they came off as crazy-looking in this Gallery: The Thirstiest Fan-Athlete Photos on the Internet.

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Tim Tebow

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Sergio Agüero

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Tiger Woods

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Kobe Bryant

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Cristiano Ronaldo

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Nick Punto

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Lionel Messi

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Yao Ming

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Frank Lampard

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Jeremy Roenick

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Jack WIlshere

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Jeff Owens

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Shawn Thornton

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Cadillac Williams

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Lionel Messi's Kiss

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Mikel Arteta

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Cristiano Ronaldo's Hug

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The Thirst In Cleveland Is Real

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Mario Chalmers

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