Do you have a hero? And if so, who?

[Niall]

I don't think I really have a hero, I don't really understand how people can be so passionate about sport as to call a sportsman a hero, really. They just kick/throw/hit a ball, what's so heroic about that?

I think it stems from childhood. You find a sport you're interested in and you will always find one player who stands out at you. As a child you do the whole "i want to be like him when i grow up" thing and you end up quite passionate about that person and that sport.