I never had the chance to meet my 'hero' - Welsh racing driver Tom Pryce - he died 6 months before I was due to see him at the British GP in '77. Always has been a massive regret, but actually he was a very quiet person and argubaly meeting him could have been a disappointment

For many people, meeting their heros can be a big disappointment.

Met a certain Jeremy Clarkson - not nice
Met Botham - again, not so nice (but that comes across on Question of Sport imo) - having said that it's brillant what he does for charity
Met Charriots - very self centred
Met Jonathan Davies - great bloke
Also Dean Bell and his wife we both great. Really nice and down to earth. The guy was an awesome athlete even if he did play for the wrong team.

Not my hero, but met Bernard Hepton (played an officer in Colditz) in the 70s. Tried to strike a conversation with him but he told me to go away.

Also chatted to Peter Andre's brother, Chris who had been doing a turn in our hotel in Cypus. he was a top bloke.

Met the queen on quite a few occasions very friendly always says hello. various prime ministers, Gordon Brown always chatty. Corrie stars always good. Premiership footballers now that's different they won't speak or mingle with anybody not even kids unless its for publicity. Also met Bruce Springsteen twice had a chat once and second time got his autograph.

When I did my school work experience I went to Melwood training ground. I was 15 so you can imagine how excited I was, being a big Liverpool fan. I saw them for what they really were, and from there my interest in the sport rapidly declined. A year or so later I discovered RL and haven't looked back!

Almost ran Bruce Springsteen over in Long Branch New Jersey running across Ocean Avenue to the beach. He lived with my sister before he became famous..One of the numbers on his first album *Greetings From Asbury Park* was all about my sister..*I Came For You*....He makes reference to her Cheshire smile on it....I met various members of Southside Johnny's Asbury Jukes in the Stone Pony a few times...Couldn't tell you what they were like because they were off their heads most of the time. The only normal one was Stan Harrison a sax player who was a really nice chap.

I met Ryan Giggs once. Really nice fella, but I probably wouldn't leave him alone with the missus.

I will never forget my 5 year old daughter seeing Matt King in Morrisons in Stockton Heath a few days after Mathers nearly took his head off. She just stood there with her mouth open and right arm up pointing at him. What a gent he was? Fantastic bloke.
I've seen footballers walk past kids who have been stood outside a ground after a match only to be ignored. Shocking!

Cant say ive an hero of any kind tbh but what i know about footballers and rugby players is a massive difference.i was in sainsbury's couple of days back and the monaghan brothers were in there shopping,various ppl approched them,they signed autographs and chatted to ppl,cant imagine footy players doing the same.

I'm glad i'm not famous, i'm an inherently good person but if i was out shopping and people just kept mithering me it would get on my tits and then people would post on here what a tit i was.

Can understand that,but when you do something that puts you in the limelight sport,music,tv&film etc sometimes you just got to roll with it.I believe some of the said people crave this attention but when they have made it they dont want to know anymore,well i cant accept you can turn it off or on when you please,you chose this path and you just have to live with it, i guess they dont see this when they on the path to celebrity???

Many years ago I was in Manchester airport leaving to do some work in Mexico. Who should come walking through but Alex Higgins.
A young boy about 12 years of age approached him to ask for his autograph, but Higgins just brushed him off and headed for the bar. The young lad looked devastated. I lost all respect for Higgins from that day.

Met alot of TV stars & presenters, as well as Premiership footballers when I worked at a hotel in Birmingham city centre in the early 90's. My only disapointment was when Blackburn Rovers stayed when Dalglish was the Manager. What an arrogant, rude man. I'm a Liverpool fan but I don't care for the bloke after the way he spoke to me and some of my work collegues. Genuis on the pitch..... not very nice off it.

Also, one of my sons once asked Gary Neville for an autograph only to be told 'no' without even looking at him. Quite a pointless act for something that would have taken seconds to complete.

In the 70's I was friendly with a band who had a residency at a club called The Sundown in London which had *star* guests every Wednesday...One Wednesday the star attraction was to be The Crickets(Buddy Holly's old band) I was delighted and looking forward to seeing them...Being with the band I was allowed in the club before it opened and often spent all day in there...Early in the afternoon I was in the club with around 6 others(staff) in total when I spotted stood at the bar none other than Sonny Curtis in a long overcoat drinking alone...I sauntered up to him and told him he was a hero of mine being one of the founder members of rock 'n roll...I reminded him about what Paul McCartney said years ago that if there hadn't been a Buddy Holly and The Crickets there wouldn't have been a Beatles......he completely blanked me and turned his back..I could have clocked him one.....There was only him and myself in the room, a few words wouldn't have killed him.

met a few famous people(not hero`s).met chelsea clinton a very quiet person who didnt speak much.nicky barmby when he played for everton,very polite,the group star sailor just down to earth lads..from the rugby league world had a pee next to phil vievers at the riverside club (wigan)a very nice bloke.johnny davies smashing bloke..but the 1 thatll stay in my mind is meeting and drinking the night away with the 1986 premiership winning team..shaking the great les boyds hand and having a photo with him...

Not a hero of mine but met andrew johns the night he got locked up in london. Cant say i was impressed.

Met Neil Fairbrother(big wire fan) a few years ago. Told him he was one of my heroes growing up watching him play for lancashire and england. To quote Kevin Bridges he looked at me as if i had just took a dump in his kettle!

i can second that,i did a job at dalglish's house years ago,his daughter(kelly) who later worked for sky sports was only about 17,she was really friendly,chatted to me and my mate,made us a brew,top girl.
in walks kenny,blanks me and my mate,sits at a breakfast bar near where we were working,never even said hello.
total ignorant tool,even his daughter looked embarrassed,i wasn't that d as i am a united fan but my mate was a liverpool fan and he was gutted.
not the way a sportsman should behave,met richard ashcroft he was really friendly but my hat goes off to matt king,who me and my young son were chatting to in tesco one saturday morning,my son was only about 6 at the time but matt king had a chat with him for about ten minutes,true gent,it meant a lot to a young wire fan(and his dad!)

Met Lou Ferigno on Hollywood Boulevard
Dalglish and. Paisley on Euston Station
David Gest at a motorway service station after the Hudds final. Took his pic and told him he was a .
Plenty of Wire players over the years, mostly in pubs
Derek Thomson off ch4 racing. Very polite man
Lead singer of Spandau Ballet. Told him what I thought of his music. He walked off
Pete Postlethwaite, lovely bloke, no airs or graces about him.
Ricky Hatton in the marquis

I heard his brother said differently after =#FF0000[Edited By HY, No thank you we don't need that kind of post on here.

Arnold Swarzenegger, chatted to him in street in London about 20 years ago, very freindly, I spoke to him about fitness, couldnt be nicer or more helpful, in the end I had to make excuses to leave as I was late for my train.

Ronnie Corbett in a gym in Fulham, had to help him off a excercise bike because he couldnt reach the pedals, very funny even when he's trying not to be.

Also recently Moz, all the attributes of a sporting hero in bucket fulls.

Was lucky to bump into Mike Richter in New York, the guy was so down to earth and is a living legend in them parts. Also met Katherine Jenkins, she's as much as a stunner in real life as she is in the media. She is so lovely.

Not really one for interrupting famous people if I see them, they are in that particular place for a reason and so am I so I just leave them to it.

I'm with you on that WFIII on not bothering people

Saying that many moons ago England were playing Wales in a Qualifier in the football, i was in Harrods because my then girlfriend worked in the toy department so i went to visit her, i went to the toilet and took a pee in the urinals and Emile Heskey came in stood next to me and started peeing, he was in his England selection days so wondering why A he wasn't playing and B why he wasn't at least watching asked him to which i got a reply

"Not why i'm peeing mate"

I should imagine everyone who has met Jeremy Clarkson has been disappointed. He's a tool!