“I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Sunday when it flashed on the screen that George (Ndah) had scored in the first minute at Birmingham.”

My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out there playing.

I predicted in 1950 that in five years, manufacturers the world over would be screaming for protection. It took only four years.

They have curiosity. ‘Who, what, where, why, when, and how!’ They never stop asking questions, and I never stop asking questions, just like a five year old.

The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly stressed Gulf of Mexico will permanently alter the nature of the area.

I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven’t made up their minds.

Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.

I remember my first test in F1. After five laps, I came back to the pits and tried to play it cool – ‘Oh yeah, I’m fine, I’m on top of this’ – but I was completely lost.

Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls.