Sir Steve Redgrave: Sing When You're Winning

"Rowers tend to row because they can't run, or catch, or kick a ball," says Sir Steve Redgrave, explaining in a nutshell why he spent the majority of his career in boats rather than boots. "I was too uncoordinated for a centre-forward so I ended up in goal, because I wanted to be in the heat of the action. You're in the firing line when you're a keeper."

The five-time Olympic champion is famed for putting his body on the line for his sport. When bone-crunching blows saw Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini carried off against Reading earlier this season, Redgrave was one of the few watching Chelsea fans not crying foul. "Sometimes you have to put your head in where it's going to hurt," he observes, philosophically. "Injury wouldn't make me want to stop being a goalkeeper."

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