But the 35-year-old has opened up about one particularly gruesome accident – which could have been disastrous.
In a serialisation of his new autobiography, My Story, former Liverpool midfielder Steven revealed: “The magic of the FA Cup was bloodied on the day my being was cut and then stitched shut on an unromantic afternoon in Bournemouth last year.
“It was eye-watering. I tried to close down a winger to block his cross but felt a stinging in my privates.
"I thought, 's*** – that doesn’t feel right!’ It was stinging like f***.”
As Steven, who shares three children with wife Alex Curran, panicked, his team mates were far from sympathetic.
He continued: “The gash looked pretty bad, right across the middle. There was plenty of blood. I needed four stitches and the lads were absolutely p*ssing themselves.
“You can imagine the jokes about inches and stitches and my future performances at home. I might have smiled but I could have throttled the lot of them.
“The doc and I went looking for somewhere quiet. I took off my shorts and underpants and had one last look. Ouch. I hoped I wasn’t saying goodbye to an old friend.”
Thankfully the doctor managed to repair Steven’s penis and, despite the trauma, he only had one thing on his mind.
He said: “After I had been bandaged up as protection against any possible infection, I asked the obvious question,” he said.
“‘Can I play against Everton on Tuesday?’”
Steven Gerrard: My Story is out on 24 September. You can pre-order it here.