I gave it up three weeks before my black belt, foolishly. I got to my third brown belt and must have trained for 18 months but never went for it. I was nearly 18 and got this thing in my head about, ' Who are they to grade me?' Trying to be a rebel when I should have done it. It's my only regret, not going for a black belt.

We should be growing carrots up the side of the Empire State Building or Big Ben.

At primary school, I thought I was George Best. Then I got to secondary school, and it was more serious.

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