Ronald Biggs Quotes

The last thing I stole was a box of Coca Cola from a parked truck in Adelaide. I was nice and drunk. It was New Year's Eve. And that was about 28 years ago.

I won a scholarship with the Brixton School of Building. I screwed around, not putting in a proper attendance.

It has been rumoured that I was the brains of the robbery, but that was totally incorrect. I've been described as the tea boy, which is also incorrect.

There has been so much rubbish written up in the papers over the years.

Banks' beer. There's nothing like it! To Brazil. And to Barbados justice.

I used to have a list of things from my school buddies of what kind of art material they wanted. I'd go up to the West End of London and spend the whole day knocking stuff off.

I am no longer a criminal. I gave up that practice years ago.

One report said that since my time on the run I've had 2,500 girlfriends. I mean, you have got to realize I've been on the run for more than 30 years. I have got to have had more than that.

I am not a perfect man who has led a faultless life.

For more than 13,000 days on the run, my life was a soap opera.

I don't have any intentions to return to England. I would go back if I could return as a free person. I don't want to return to prison.