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.

I'll never retire. The new millennium is the age of adventure as far as I am concerned. I'm going up a volcano and off into space.

In the Arctic I met some Russian sailors on a submarine and they chorused, "Gordon's alive!"

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

I've always hated it when people overspend, are spoilt or throw their money away.

I can't retire from life. I love life too much and I cannot wait to start the day.

When I was in Downing Street, David Cameron saw me and said, "Please, shout it all around and let it penetrate to my cabinet meeting." So I bellowed: "Gordon's alive!"