Normally cant abide him, and still cant really, but, I also heard him on 5 live tonight talking about what footballers can learn from Olympians and I thought his answer was a refreshingly honest one tbh, certainly not towing the BBC Olympic 'party line'.
He was saying footballers are under intense scrutiny maybe 40+ times over 9 months every year, whereas Olympians its often much less. Also that, basically, heroically not winning is still celebrated for Olympians, but for footballers every failure/mistake/failure to win often leads to severe criticism from media/supporters.
Kelly Cates tried to say yeah but what about the pay footballers get - as if that makes a difference when you're on the pitch, about to take a penalty etc.
He was on less firm ground about 16 years of sacrifice though, I agree on that! I'm sure he didn't touch a drop for his whole career