When I bought out my first autobiography I received the biggest tax bill of my life.

If I'm out shopping and someone talks to me, I get startled, as I'm not a natural celebrity.

I prefer cash but so many places only take cards these days, it forces you down a line and I don't like that.

I've always been very hopeful but I also know that as long as you've got a good work ethic, almost anything is achievable and I learned that in the armed forces.

I like to live life in an understated way because that's who I am - an ordinary guy who has experienced an extraordinary journey.

Everyone in my family was a very serious worker, always with a determination to provide for each other.

After I was injured, I had several good examples of "Get on with it, stop whinging and life can be what you make it," because the world doesn't stop turning when you have a boo-boo.