I think motivation is the single most important factor in any sort of success. Physical fitness is important, technical skill is important, and maybe even the desire for money is important in some respects. But a sort of basic motivation, the desire to succeed, to stretch yourself to the utmost is the most important factor. Certainly in the field of exploration and activity, it’s the thing that makes the difference between someone who does really well and someone who doesn’t.

That you get out of life what you put in. When you grow up on a farm you literally reap what you sow.

Trust my instincts.

The world doesn’t consist of bad and good people; it consists of people seeing things in a different way.

Walsall fans. I wanted to be a good manager but I was really bad with drink and gambling at the time. I should have done better.

Nothing, because it’s up to me how I feel. I’ve been a millionaire three times and I still wanted to kill myself.

For me, love is working through things when it’s not going well.

Going back to addiction.

On holiday in Orlando with my wife, Kate, and kids just before lockdown. I wasn’t drinking or gambling. I was so happy, so at peace with myself – I’d been searching for that for many a year.

When you jump out of addiction and look back, things like drink-driving and sitting in crack houses are not good.