The racehorses assemble at the starting barrier in all the finery of a mediaeval pageant, the jockeys in silks like figures from a Tarot pack, the bookies in leather and tweeds standing beside their boards each confident that the future has been controlled.

You definitely want your kids to understand their heritage, but I don't want my kids to just focus on being black. They are people. I don't want them to judge other people or to be judged. I want them to be good people, so good people will treat them accordingly. I preach that to my kids and everything else falls into place.

When you're in love, love makes you do crazy things, and can take you down a whirlwind of a road.

No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you're staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It's very simple when you look at it.

My brother tried to explain sex to me when I was 7 - and he did it with a cup.

I love women with attitude.

The thing about impressing your girlfriend is that when you do something like a private island in Fiji, it's all downhill from that point.