Life can seem rather unreal at times. Alive and well and loving one day. No longer there the next.

Kitesurfing is one of the greatest sports in the world. I highly recommend this to anyone who has access to the ocean. There is nothing more freeing than being out there and kitesurfing. When my schedule permits, it's the first thing I do in the morning, before I have breakfast. Tennis is also fun, especially against someone far better at the sport than I am.

I was a risk-taker as a young man, and I don't regret it. I'm not adventurous in quite the same way now, but I still love the challenge of testing myself to the limits, flying around the world, or seeing if I can be the first to fly a balloon across the Atlantic, or trying to take people into space at an affordable price in an environmentally friendly way. I'll be going into space with three generations of my family!

I don’t think of work as work and play as play. It’s all living.

Dream big by setting yourself seemingly impossible challenges. You then have to catch up with them.

Dream big and you will be presented with the opportunity to lead the world on an incredible adventure.

I like challenges in life and pushing myself out of my comfort zone.