By and large though my playing days are behind me now (some former team colleagues have argued, rather cruelly, that they always should have been), but I'm forever grateful that I had both the opportunity and inclination to participate in a range of sports inside and outside of formal education during my formative years and beyond.
Because sport is about so much more than just, er, sport; about winning or losing; and being able to put boot or bat to ball with skill and panache. It's not just the obvious health benefits of fitness and vitality I mean here either. We've been talking with Sports Leaders UK recently and they flag up the huge role sport has to play in instilling confidence and self-belief in young people, in promoting engagement and participation in wider society.
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