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" I was a naturally aggressive left-back, a cut-throat tackler. "

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" Running started as a way of relaxing. It's the only time I have to myself. No phones or e-mails or faxes. "

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" They say cats have nine lives. I've had 12 already and I don't know how many more I'll have. "

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" I swim like a fish and I have an amazing kick. "

" The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over. "

" I don't think it's a good advert for any restaurant, a fat chef, and secondly, who wants to eat a dessert when the chef's a fat pig. "

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" I train my chefs completely different to anyone else. My young girls and guys, when they come to the kitchen, the first thing they get is a blindfold. They get blindfolded and they get sat down at the chef's table... Unless they can identify what they're tasting, they don't get to cook it. "

" My father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school. "

" It's vulgar, coming from where I do, to talk about money. "

" I didn't get depressed, I don't get depressed. "

" You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary. "

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" I grew up in a funny way. "

" My wife, a schoolteacher, very disciplined. If you think I'm tough, trust me, and wait till you see when the children are on the naughty step. It's hilarious. So we decided that I'm going to work like a donkey and provide amazing support for the family. "

" I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow. "

" You don't come into cooking to get rich. "

" There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family. "

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" I shoot from the hip. "

" I'd like to think I'm a great teacher. "

" Cooking today is a young man's game, I don't give a bollocks what anyone says. "

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" I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man. "

" I want my kids to see me as Dad, for God's sake, not a television personality. "

" When you cook under pressure you trade perfection. "