The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.

You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There's life in a nutshell.

Make a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.

And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across.

As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.

I train five days a week hard - but it is short and sharp - 30 to 40 minutes of functional and pretty dynamic body-strength circuits, then I do a good yoga session on the sixth day, then I rest.

The greatest journeys all start with a single step.