Book description
In My Sporting Heroes, one of the country's great sportsmen,
Sir Ian Botham, draws up his template of what he believes makes a true
sporting hero.
Botham singles out the ten qualities he believes are the basic
elements in any true sportsperson - bravery, passion, composure,
determination, skill, leadership, instinct, dedication, humour and
compassion - then highlights the sportsmen and women who he believes
best demonstrate each quality, backing up his selection with personal
anecdotes of his time spent with them or watching them in action.
Covering a wide variety of sports and discussing admired athletes of
both the past and present, from Ian Woosnam, Paul Gascoigne and
Jonathan Davies to Joe Calzaghe, Lewis Hamilton and Andy Murray, My
Sporting Heroes is a lively celebration of exactly what makes a
true sporting legend - from someone who knows a thing or two about it!
Sir Ian Botham OBE is a former England Test cricketer and Test team
captain whose playing career lasted from 1976 to 1993, and he still
holds the record for the highest number of wickets taken by any England
bowler. Widely known by the nicknames 'Beefy' and 'Guy the Gorilla',
Botham was knighted in 2007 and has authored two autobiographies, most
recently
Head On
. He is now a writer and cricket commentator and is regularly involved
in charity work.
