Sporting Heroes

[LordGrover]

So who're your favourite sporting heroes/icons?
Mine, in no particular order:

• I.T. Botham: single-minded aggression and will to win.
• Steve Davies: absolute dedication.
• Ian Holloway: the best post match interviews*.

* For example: "I don't see the problem with footballers taking their shirts off after scoring a goal. They enjoy it and the young ladies enjoy it too. I suppose that's one of the main reasons women come to football games, to see the young men take their shirts off. Of course they'd have to go and watch another game because my lads are as ugly as sin."

[Gizmo535]

Ian Holloway is indeed a legend for shooting from the hip at all times.

However my heroes are people who have characteristics I aspire to...
Michael Schumacher
Martin Johnson
Colin McRae
Glenn McGrath

[SimonV8ster]

Nigel Mansell.
Steve Redgrave.
Jockey Wilson.

[elster]

Isn't that an Oxy-moron.

No sportsman is a heroe, they play sport professionally.

Some out of work activities may be Heroic, but not just by sport

[snotrag]

Steve Peat.

2 X World cup Champion
2 X European Champion
3 X Lisbon Downtown winner
X–games Gold Medalist
7 X British Champion
7 X British Series Champion
1 X British 4 X Champion
3 Silver Medals at World Championships

Yorkshireman, hero to many a young lad, and to top it all off, a genuine, down to earth, good guy, with a lot of time for his sport and for helping others to achieve the successes he has enjoyed.

Whenever people talk about Brits being rubbish at sport, I bring his name up. Incredibly successfull and long career.

[hugoagogo]

Muhammad Ali

and currently, James McFadden

[Gold]

Steve Redgrave - Absolute dedication (not to mention coming through big diabetic problems)

Lance Armstrong - No comment needed

Senna - Legends never die

Edited by Gold on Tuesday 9th October 21:48

[SimonV8ster]

This thread would have been on about 8 pages by now if it hadn't have been moved

[deevlash]

Colin Mcrae
Graeme Randall (scotlands only judo world champ)
James Toesland
Valentino Rossi
Dario Franchitti
Steve Peat (I have a few videos of him in his team MBUK days)

[ewenm]

Paula Radcliffe and Craig Mottram - both showing that with lots of hard work and dedication (and some luck and talent) the great East African runners are beatable.

[central]

This bloke was pretty good -

http://www.eddymerckx.be/

[philis]

snotrag said:

Steve Peat.

2 X World cup Champion
2 X European Champion
3 X Lisbon Downtown winner
X–games Gold Medalist
7 X British Champion
7 X British Series Champion
1 X British 4 X Champion
3 Silver Medals at World Championships

Yorkshireman, hero to many a young lad, and to top it all off, a genuine, down to earth, good guy, with a lot of time for his sport and for helping others to achieve the successes he has enjoyed.

Whenever people talk about Brits being rubbish at sport, I bring his name up. Incredibly successfull and long career.

i met him - bike 98 at nec
got his autograph

[996 sps]

Rossi

Lance Armstrong

Ali

Kelly Holmes

Wayne Rainey

[HSVGTSCoupe]

Steve Waugh.. great captain, good cricketer, comitted to some of the poorest kids on the planet (charity work).

On bikes, Wayne Gardner cos he put 500's on the map in Oz and then Mick Doohan & Rossi for their consistent No.1 status.

Otherwise Ayrton Senna was my long time hero & unsurpassed IMO.

Edited by HSVGTSCoupe on Tuesday 9th October 23:56

[stimmers]

Ok, HSVGTSCoupe is gonna have a field day with my top hero growing up ,

1) David Campese (Didn't know he was big mouth tosser back then, but boy could he play)
2) Neville Southall
3) Rory Underwood
4) Peter Winterbottom
5) Kevin Sheedy
6) Ayrton Senna
7) Phillipe Sella


Now

Martin Johnson
Jonny Wilkinson
Richard Hill
Will Greenwood
Trevor Woodman

couldn't really respect or look up to too many premiership footballers

Edited by stimmers on Wednesday 10th October 00:07

[HSVGTSCoupe]

stimmers said:

Kevin Sheedy

Thought you hated Aussie Rules?(unless there are 2 famous K.Sheedy's?)

And don't be ashamed of idolising Campo... I'm sure nobody from the RWC thread has read it

Edited by HSVGTSCoupe on Wednesday 10th October 00:17

[The jiffle king]

Matt Le Tissier (singlehandedly kept Southampton in the top flight for years)

[stimmers]

HSVGTSCoupe said:

stimmers said:

Kevin Sheedy

Thought you hated Aussie Rules?(unless there are 2 famous K.Sheedy's?)

And don't be ashamed of idolising Campo... I'm sure nobody from the RWC thread has read it

Edited by HSVGTSCoupe on Wednesday 10th October 00:17

Kevin Sheedy had the greatest left foot ever seen in football (Soccer). Played for Everton and Republic of Ireland in the 80's

[patmahe]

Jean Alesi, embodies everything that is right in motorsport

[LordGrover]

996 sps said:

Rossi

Lance Armstrong

Ali

Kelly Holmes

Wayne Rainey

FFS! I saw the last one and read Rooney!