The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life.

I made my million before I was 19!

I could get into bed with James Bond, then take my false leg off and it would really be a gun.

I love England but everything that has happened makes me realise that I would be better off in the States.

Go on... make a difference.

There is a huge agenda behind trying to destroy me and put me down.

I was competing in an IPC World Cup race, but the finish area was short and I came across the line with my head down and went straight through the fence. It was only because the Italian team doctor leapt out to grab me that I didn't smash through the café window.