Our language and literature are without a doubt Britain's greatest contribution to the cultural heritage of the world.

The majority should not be punished and subjected to a licensing curfew because of the bad behavior of the minority.

We have no target for the number of medals we hope to win in 2012 - yet. But we want every kid in the country to have the chance to have the best opportunities.

The adventures of the boy who doesn't want to grow up has universal appeal. We all want to keep something of the child in us.

I've chosen Peter Pan by JM Barrie as my favourite children's book.

Digital television is no longer a probability, it is a certainty.

The prospect of the UK without a BBC funded by the licence fee is anywhere between improbable and impossible.

The world of possibility exists in everyday life.

The health industry, the fitness industry, was really starting to pick up. This was around the mid 80's.

Consciousness, much like our feelings, is based on a representation of the body and how it changes when reacting to certain stimuli. Self-image would be unthinkable without this representation.

I'm basically a gift-giver.

There is no such thing as defeat except when it comes from within. As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated, he is not defeated-he's just a little behind and isn't through fighting.

Speaking of the devil, well here he comes now. Got my defenses down. And I'd go through hell to make him mine.

You are your own master, you make your own future. Therefore discipline yourself as a horse-dealer trains a thoroughbred

The fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength

No gentleman ever has any money.

We're out for revenge and I fancy us to beat them!