I do everything I can for wild animals because they have such a bloody awful time.

My brother Alan - who was seven years younger than me - died from leukemia when he was 52. He never knew a day's good health - I wish I could have given him some of my good health. But he was always so cheerful and sweet.

Ninety nine per cent of the time, for anyone who wins or makes money, it makes them happy.

I've completed half of my space training at Space City in Moscow. I love adventure, and I've been training in a centrifuge and MiG Fighter with a view to going into space and being a spokesman for space exploration!

I threw [Picasso's] drawing on the floor and in doing so, threw away about £50m.

The misapprehension about me is that I am some loud, rampant maniac. I am actually very pensive and quiet.

I've become quite a serious explorer: I've been to Everest three times; I'm the oldest man to reach the North Pole; and I've just been to the lost world of Venezuela.