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now it's time for one of the most
prestigious awards of the night sports
personalities coach of the year Gary
thanks sue to present the award for
coach of the year I'm delighted to
welcome Britain's greatest ever Olympian
sir steve redgrave thank you for joining
us assisting this year has been a
fantastic year for British sport England
qualified for the World Cup with flying
colors in cricket we won the ashes we
have a British Formula One world
champion
we have gold medalists in gymnastics
cycling and diving
we even had a British heavyweight boxing
world champion and this has all been due
to one man a man who often shied away
from the spotlight and many don't even
know that he's behind most of our
magnificent triumphs but tonight we pay
tribute to our coach of the year smithy
let's take a look at who he's been
working with and what he's achieved this
year
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sorry
trying to concentrate ridiculous every
time listen
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to sweep a few of the countries and they
haven't been up to standards you're not
I mean I'm losing it a little bit there
so just no you're not no lovely yeah
yeah bit here they've got my finish
school it really not okay this could be
one of our best ones oh we've got some
Pink's here David we've forgotten about
Oh pink pink silly big-nose yeah yeah
actually you have this plunger you stop
be silly Billy yeah that one in Sweden
kept on coming us unlike our goal in the
first half you could see there's with
June we just lost concentration we had
to be Finland just to give us a chance
Germany in Munich was five months away
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don't you think they're amazing together
those two I think we're amazing a rustic
I love you man I love you
five six seven eight one two three one
two three on the right way one two three
that's it REO a minute
chip free any arms 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 great
sets in freestyle yes we are yes
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I'm delighted and honored to present the
coach of the year
- really inspiration to me smithy
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thank you
this means the world to me
firstly I want to thank Fabio fab la
it's been a pleasure taking you under my
wing and you mean the world to me
you and your lorry look inspirati te amo
I want to thank my mum and Rudy and
Pamela and Mick gavel ah of course
mostly I want to thank my boy Neil
everything I do is to make you proud and
actually I'm sorry I I can't accept this
what is this this is all wrong
this isn't sport this is showbiz you
like sitting here in your Dicky by
losing you trendy frocks you don't care
about winning you only care about about
awards and titles I mean sir steve
redgrave sir Steve come on me what you
need a knight had for you roll around in
a little boats me am I let you be back
at the weekend
I mean Dame Kelly Holmes Kelly you've
got two gold medals but essentially your
job is just running around running
around in circles you don't need a dame
huh
you're not Judi Dench I mean there's a
proper runner right paula radcliffe you
you do 800 meters she does 26 miles
occasionally
you don't see her demanding titles and
awards there is a true sporting legend
and I tell you it's great to see you
porn are you being looked after if
people showed you where the toilets and
stuff are not that you knew them really
go where you're like okay Giggsy Giggsy
great to see you my man still hanging in
there still going strong what are you
now 46 47 it's going great
it's going great I tell you what how you
were never picked for England I don't
know right it's a disgrace Freddie
Freddie Freddie Freddie Freddie Freddie
Freddie Freddie Flintoff what's your
real name
Andrew whatever you know what
congratulations on the ashes you did
brilliant it was great it's great to see
you out there but you're going to give
up now you're going to stop playing
because your knee hurts this is so is he
a bit poorly yeah being poorly knee I
tell you what your arms all right there
innit
in fact
in fact your knee your knee looks pretty
good when you were shooting that
deodorant commercial last year but
banned touching but banned shooting you
are a disgrace you will never give up on
your country
you let your country give up on you all
right talk to Steve McClaren Graham
Taylor you're a joke
Pendleton mm-hmm he was looking fine
yeah you know what you got it you've got
it
I don't even know what it is but you got
it yeah any time you just want to get
together hang out talk about I don't
know tires or gears
the Lance Armstrong yeah yeah yeah you
got my digits you hooked me up okay nice
things Amir Amir Khan you're top of your
game you are doing great my son good for
you
I tell you what I think you need what I
think you need right now at this point
in your career is a catchphrase I'm
talking here not a meaner you know a
meaner II seriously Frank Frank how many
Pantone's you get off the bucket out 12
13
honestly Amir you play your cards right
you get a catchphrase
this time next year you could be on
Strictly yeah oh and look who it is
look who it is Sebastian Cole
Seb Coe Lord I bet your please do
yourself in sure it's all going well
yeah you've got you got your Olympics
you've got your little 2012's all worked
out yet feeling pleased with yourself
yeah the traffic getting out of that six
it's already a nightmare
sat there in your suit is lordship I
remember when you was just a runner
mugging off Stevo vets
now you're just you just rather rest of
this long all er you've you've lost your
way it's become muddled somehow you've
you've forgotten what's important I
don't see a room full of sport in
legends here I see a room full of people
looking for their next sponsorship deal
book deal TV series you wouldn't see WT
grace to mean himself on Ready Steady
Cook Roger Bannister wouldn't have had a
Twitter page but Perry Bobby Moore
Duncan guru these are true sporting
legends you look you need to get back to
basics remember who you are what you are
what you stand for can we win the world
cup yes we can can we win at Wimbledon
yes we can can we win at the Olympics
and I'm talking proper medals not just
swimming and cycling ones that actually
yes
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in your agents don't believe in your
managers don't believe in your publicist
believe in yourselves because we we
believe in you
and together if we unite we can make
Britain great
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