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" We are about creating a new wave of talent. We are the Manchester United of kitchens now. Am I playing full-time in the kitchen? I am a player-coach. "

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" When you find a guy who is powerful, a big father figure, you latch onto him immediately. "

" Find what's hot, find what's just opened and then look for the worst review of the week. There is so much to learn from watching a restaurant getting absolutely panned and having a bad experience. Go and see it for yourself. "

" As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate. "

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

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

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

" I won't let people write anything they want to about me. "

" I've got nothing to hide. "

" I'm Gordon Ramsay, for goodness sake: people know I'm volatile. "

" 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. "

" If I can give you one strong piece of advice, when you go away for that romantic weekend, whatever you do, do not accept or take the upgrade to the honeymoon suite. "

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

" When you're a chef, you graze. You never get a chance to sit down and eat. They don't actually sit down and eat before you cook. So when I finish work, the first thing I'll do, and especially when I'm in New York, I'll go for a run. And I'll run 10 or 15k on my - and I run to gain my appetite. "

" I cook, I create, I'm incredibly excited by what I do, I've still got a lot to achieve. "

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

" There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A. "

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

" If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did. "

" I am a grafter. "

" I still love football, though, and I think cooking is like football. It's not a job, it's a passion. When you become good at it, it's a dream job and financially you need never to worry. Ever. "

" If I relaxed, if I took my foot off the gas, I would probably die. "

" Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters. "

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

" Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results. "

" 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 shoot from the hip. "

" No one saw the recession coming. "

" The pressure on young chefs today is far greater than ever before in terms of social skills, marketing skills, cooking skills, personality and, more importantly, delivering on the plate. So you need to be strong. Physically fit. So my chefs get weighed every time they come into the kitchen. "

" I am a chef who happens to appear on the telly, that's it. "

" I've never been a hands-on dad. I'm not ashamed to admit it, but you can't run a restaurant and be home for tea at 4:30 and bath and change nappies. "