In this 3 minute video on the BBC Sport website, Mike Singletary, coach of US football’s San Francisco 49ers and GB’s Olympic gold medal winning rower Mark Hunter compare notes and similarities on what it takes to achieve greatness in whatever you do.

We love the refernces to beliefs, teams being on the same page and having the same points of reference (and not taking these things for granted) and about the choices that are mademike-singletary that determine how great you can become…