I don't spend a lot of time thinking about dying, but I like to think that I've - if it did occur - that I would die peacefully and not make too much of a fuss about it.

I have to admit I do get a bit depressed at times and you know I think about the good old days when I was charging ahead.

I was not a beater of children and as a consequence I've always been, I think, very agreeable and co-operative.

You don't have to be a hero to accomplish great things---to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.

I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.

In those days we were punished very frequently and I felt that it was often unjust, and so I would resist the desire to agree with many, many things. So I used to get beaten quite frequently and I more or less accepted it as part of life.

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.