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“homework should be banned. All it does is drive a massive wedge between parents and children, because you end up having to do it for them, and it’s stressful. They get stressed and they don’t want to do it. They’re at school long enough as it is. Why do you have to come home and do two hours of homework? I don’t think many people probably agree with me. But a lot of parents would, especially if you’ve had four boys.” “IndIa Is the place I defInItely want to go that I haven’t been yet. I’ve travelled expansively, from South Africa to Europe to Asia and all over the world. To pick favourites is difficult. I love Italy, Spain and Barcelona for obvious reasons, from living there.” “the worst job I’ve had was just workIng wIth my dad on the market stall. Getting up at four in the morning and getting home at six, which I admittedly didn’t do that often. But it was enough to make me try extra hard at football, which is not a real job, and subsequently also television, which is also not a real job. I don’t think I did anything else!” “top footballers are IntellIgent. You cannot be a really top footballer by being a dope. It’s not necessarily an academic kind of intelligence – they’re perhaps not massively educated, because most footballers have to concentrate on their football from quite an early age. But you have to have a real spatial awareness and understanding of everything around you, which is an intelligence in itself.”

“as long as I can remember, I’ve been scared of heIghts. It’s embarrassing. I’m alright in a plane, or if it’s all windows. But if there’s a balcony or anything where there’s a big drop like that, it freaks me out. I turn into a gibbering wreck.” “the theatre Is a recently dIscovered passIon. With [ex-wife] Danielle it was already her passion, and at the start I didn’t think I’d enjoy it that much. But I actually really do. I go a lot. I’ve never done any acting. Except 148 Walkers crisps commercials, if you count that as acting. Basically playing myself being an idiot.” “the last thIng I saw In the theatre was PeoPles, Places and Things, which was absolutely superb. I’d thoroughly recommend it, although I don’t know if it’s still on. It’s probably going somewhere because it was so sensational: one female drug addict who was going through rehab and stuff. Brilliantly performed.” “I cook a bIt. But I mainly like going out, enjoying fine cuisine. We’re so spoilt in London with the diversification of food, which is one of the great glories about having so many ethnicities in this city. You get the best of anything from anywhere in the world.”

“for my last meal, I’d probably go very spanIsh. I’d go with a nice pata negra or jamon jabugo, then probably a really great paella. Obviously with Rioja. And maybe a treacle sponge for pudding, with custard. I’d be stuffed; it’ll keep me going for a few years of death.”

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“I’m not a rule-breaker. I did my homework; I generally did sport every lunchtime out of choice. If I couldn’t find anything to do, I used to just run around the playing fields, do a couple of laps with a girl called Nicola – just to do something. Maybe it was a bit weird. But it was good training.”

“the fIrst tIme I sat on a horse was aged 34, so it was only 12 months before Cheltenham. I agreed to have a couple of weeks of lessons before I signed up to do anything. I absolutely loved it, and haven’t looked back.”

“I was approached about whether I wanted to traIn to be a racIng drIver. I have to say it was tempting, but horses are a different league – the amount of joy, I just love them. I love animals, I love being in the yard. For me, it really appeals to the soul.”

“there are lots of people the press have saId are big rivals of mine. Obviously [Australian sprint cyclist] Anna Meares – but we get on really well. I spent some time with her in Rio. We have so much in common, it’s unreal – we’ve lived the same life and experiences in many ways. How could you not have an affinity with someone like that?”

“people who tap dance on the brakes on the motorway drIve me crazy. Ease off the gas – let’s think it through; let’s leave a bit of a gap between you and the person in front. People who sit and then brake, brake, brake and create that horrible

domino effect – that really drives me wild. That, and walking really slowly in a busy street. I’ll be ducking and diving under people’s armpits and between gaps like I’m doing some kind of sports training.”

“at the moment I just can’t eat enough almond butter. I really can’t – I love it. I can stick a spoon in and eat a whole jar, it’s so wrong. That’s my new vice. It’s instead of peanut butter – just spread it on bread. It seriously blows my mind; I love it – it’s an unhealthy addiction. That and dark chocolate – not too waxy. I think 60 per cent is perfect – 60 or 70 per cent, but no more than that.”

“when somethIng scares me, I want to do It. But the one thing I find scary is really deep water. So sailing in a small boat in the middle of the ocean would be one of the more nerve-racking things I can imagine. Doing it by myself would be really terrifying.”

“I’m not so worrIed about heIghts and stuff like that, or spiders. I’ve held pretty ginormous snakes in my time – rodents I don’t mind, either. You know what? My biggest fear is probably missing out, wondering: ‘What if?’ People are too scared to fail, in my opinion. I’m not scared to fail.”

Victoria Pendleton was speaking at the opening of a new all-weather pitch at Etonbury Academy, Bedfordshire, that was developed with a £241,908 grant from the Football Foundation. The Foundation is funded by the Premier League, The FA and the Government via Sport England

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“The worsT job I’ve had was In a fur-dyIng facTory In PuTney. There were signs up on the walls warning people of anthrax spores, and these pelts came from China, I think. They were rat pelts and we had to put them into vats of ammonia to fix the dye. It stank, and you had to rub this kind of curing acid thing into the pelt with your hands. They ended up being people’s pink slippers!”

“I’m concerned abouT The PlaneT. I’m concerned about where we’re going. I’m concerned about Brexit. I’m concerned about Putin, I’m concerned about Trump. I’m concerned about Syria. We’re assailed at all times by these questions. I’m concerned about where we’re going as a creature on planet Earth and what we’ve done to the planet.”

“everybody Is faced wITh The same dIlemma on clImaTe change. Every time you jump in a car or an aeroplane or a train… if you cycle everywhere, terrific – but what do you do for a living? The way for it to change is for companies who are currently in a position powerful enough to do something to actually make a concerted effort. There is going to be a risk to that. They’re going to risk not making an easy profit.”

“I’ve goT a lIberal ouTlook on ThIngs. I don’t like state control of everything. I think the goal is to make people adult enough to be able to conduct themselves without too much regulation. But once you take all the brakes off, you get people taking advantage.”

“I’ve been lIsTenIng To radIohead’s new album. I like musicians who are innovative, and they’re not just copyists. I can’t deal with people who think they’re making music, but actually what they’re doing is just churning out stuff that’s been done before. It’s not terribly satisfying, is it?”

“I was In a band wITh a conTroversIal name [Sex, Hitler and the Hormones], which I apologise for to anyone who’s been offended. You had to be there at the time – it was a parody. You have to play regularly to be any good. And I don’t, so I’m getting worse and worse.”

“george harrIson Is one Person who I goT To know because of formula 1. He was an F1 fan, so he was quite a big influence on me just because of his outlook on things. He helped me when I was coming up – not just materially, but also with looking at life, you know?”

“I have a guITar In The kITchen. It’s a Gretsch Sundown – a small country guitar; a steel-stringed thing that doesn’t matter if it gets kicked. At first I bought it because it was cheap and it didn’t matter, and now it’s become a collectible item. But it’s always there to pick up, and I do it as a kind of nervous twitch thing. It helps me think, just to strum.”

Watching the Wheels by Damon Hill is out now (Pan Macmillan, £20)

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“When I Was seven years old, at ChrIstmas – which is three weeks before my birthday – my dad bought me a kart. One of my sisters got a car – it was a bright yellow VW, something that you wouldn’t want to drive around in – one of them got a stereo, and I got a kart! So I definitely did the best there. That was just pure excitement and that’s where it all started.”

“I’ve planned nothIng. I will still be doing some stuff for the team [McLaren; Button is taking a year out of Formula 1 next year], being an ambassador. I’ll be doing simulator work – I’ll be at a few of the races, so still driving the team forward. But apart from that I have no plans, which is pretty awesome. Maybe I’ll race something, maybe I won’t – but if I do, it’ll be something that’s fun and a bit more relaxed than F1.”

“I Want to get a dog! I really want to get a dog and that’s something I haven’t been able to do since I started in my racing because I’m not home enough. I’m looking forward to being at home – that’s a hobby of mine that I haven’t really spent a lot of time doing. Not living out of a suitcase is a dream.”

“I don’t eat a lot of Carbohydrates beCause I have to stay lIght, but I do love a really traditional Italian restaurant. Good pasta is awesome. But the food I eat most is Japanese food. Raw fish, rice, lots of vegetables. I’m a massive fan of good Japanese food, and it is difficult to find outside of Japan. There are a few places in London I really like – a restaurant that’s very flash called Umu, which is great.”

“I lIve on strava. I use it a lot of my training to see how I’m doing. It’s all about competition. A lot of us ride together, so I follow other drivers. The Strava app puts you in a group, then there’s competition between us. Alex Wurz, he always tries to beat my… they’re called KOMs: King of the Mountains [for fastest cyclist on a defined section of road]. There’s a lot of other drivers as well, such as Paul di Resta and Danny Ricciardo who ride; Valtteri Bottas rides. We’re all in the south of France, so it’s quite cool. We follow the same sort of routes most of the time.”

“my bIggest fear Is an athlete’s fear, and that’s faIlure. We put so much effort in. We put so much hard work into the sport that we love, and being scared of failure is definitely something that we all have. It’s a fear of not achieving the goals that you set out to achieve. I have achieved my goals. We all want to win more – but that fear has gone, which is nice.”

“ayrton senna Was one of the best drIvers that thIs World Is ever goIng to see. He won three world championships and I don’t think he was truly happy with just winning three. I’m so happy as I set out to win a world title, and I’ve won it. I can walk away from this sport, whenever I do, knowing I’ve achieved what I set out to do when I was seven.”

Jenson Button competed in the Fuel Your Senses: Race of Legends VR Experience, sponsored by Esso, technology partner of the McLaren Honda Formula 1 team. To view the 360° VR kart race, please visit www.esso.co.uk/fuelyoursenses

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“I was born Into a motorsport envIronment. My father was a professional racing motorcyclist, so all through my youth I was seeing him go away to a grand prix somewhere – and very often coming back with a great big trophy.”

“I started racIng af ter the war, motorcycles, but I wasn’t good enough to satisfy myself and then I started broadcasting. I think I started broadcasting because if I couldn’t do it, I could at least talk about it. I began in 1949, when I did the British Grand Prix for the BBC – and I’ve been doing them ever since.”

“heaven knows how many tImes I’ve been around the world, or how many different countries I’ve been to as a result of Formula 1. I was working in the F1 circus; it’s a collection of extremely talented, ambitious, fast-moving, high-stepping people. Young people, too, and you have to keep on your toes to be with them.”

“the fIrst tIme I went to australIa In 1985, I fell In love wIth the place. I love the geography and I love the people and their laidback attitude to life. My wife, who went to school there, said I’d never experienced an Australian summer, where they have temperatures of about 45 degrees. She’s right, but the Australia that I’ve seen is absolutely fantastic.

“There is a restaurant in Adelaide that I’m particularly fond of – I could take you there blindfold but I’m struggling to remember the name of it.”

“when I began In the 1950s, the drIvers wore cotton overalls and a lInen helmet. They had no safety belts; the cars were virtually mobile death traps. The medical facilities were minimal, there were no gravel traps, there were no Armco barriers and Formula 1 was a gigantically dangerous sport with four or five people being killed every year. But the attitude in those days was: ‘If you can’t take the heat, keep out of the kitchen.’”

“thIngs have changed, largely due to the advent of bernIe ecclestone, who’s made Formula 1 what it is these days. It’s a lot more professional, but it’s lost a lot of the spirit of friendship and camaraderie that it had in those earlier days. And it’s not because the drivers are different; it’s simply because they have to spend so much of their time testing, racing and in particular doing promotional work. They just haven’t got time to be matey with their fellow drivers.”

“I was In the advertIsIng busIness from 1947 untIl 1982. That was full-time, and broadcasting for me was a hobby. I was in charge of the Mars confectionary business – I hope you know ‘A Mars a day helps you work rest and play’. They also had a pet food business and there were slogans – ‘Pal prolongs active life’; ‘Your car will stay younger, live longer on daily Kit-e-kat’; ‘Trill makes budgies bounce with health’.”

Watch the Belgian Grand Prix this Sunday live on Channel 4, the new home of free-to-air Formula 1 in the UK with live coverage of 10 Grands Prix this season and comprehensive highlights of every race weekend. Visit f1.channel4.com

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“I’m kInd of wIngIng It. Kind of winging it and seeing what happens. It’s difficult because, you know, when you come to a certain stage you say well, do you carry on? Or do you look at another angle? Do you look at life differently?”

“my mIddle name really Is Ivanhoe. I’m not sure where it comes from – I’m guessing my dad liked the Knights of the Round Table, stuff like that. None of my siblings have names like that, just me.”

“I had a knack of beIng able to run wIth the ball. I actually preferred athletics. I loved running, and then I think I got to junior school, and playing football with your mates and all that. I just took it on from there, and athletics took a back seat after that.”

“I started at leIcester when I was nIne, at their centre of excellence. I came through the ranks there, and generally got free tickets. I was a ball boy, which wasn’t fun in the winter. Last season was just amazing. This time I’m hoping top six, top eight; something like that would be a solid season. Because, at the end of the day, if you look back at it, it should never have been done. They’re still in the transition of trying to be a solid Premier League team.”

“I was In australIa, and any deadly animal you can name, it’s over there. We used to train at a university, and used to drive there every day. We come up to this roundabout, and there was this snake going across but everyone has stopped. You’re thinking: ‘Why has everyone

stopped?’ Looked out the window and that, and there was a black snake… or was it a brown snake? One of the two, going across the road. Everyone stopped, waited for it to go across the road, and then they drove on.”

“I was speaking to one of the lads, and I said: ‘Yeah, there was a brown snake.’ He goes: ‘Where? You know they chase you if you go anywhere near them? They just rear up and chase you.’ I said: ‘What do you mean they chase you? I got a picture of it!’”

“I lost my mobIle phone about two weeks ago, and I didn’t have a phone for two days. It felt good for a while, but then after that you’re like: ‘What do I do now?’ I had my diary and everything in it; luckily I had it backed up.

“I don’t like paper diaries. Say, for instance, you write something in your diary and then you need to scribble it out. I don’t like that. I would rather just have it in my phone, and then swipe it off and it’s not there any more.”

“I don’t mInd a pIzza, but I don’t eat meat so it’s just the cheese. I’ve been a vegetarian for about two and a half years. I decided to do it when I was in Australia, but they have some good meat over there to be fair. I just eat lentils and stuff like that, and beans. I do eat fish, but not much of it.”

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“I had an uncle who was a rally drIver. He became Irish champion, and I was totally in awe of what he was doing, but I was a smaller guy so it was easier for me to go into single-seaters. But I started in karting – I got a taste of the speed and it opened a completely new avenue of excitement for me. It gave me a different kind of satisfaction that I couldn’t or wasn’t able to get elsewhere.”

“Formula 1 needs a very hIgh level oF IQ. I’m not saying other sports don’t, but in motorsport you need to know what’s going on technically inside the car. You have to quickly make your mind up – of course the engineers can download information through the different sensors, but there is no substitute for the real feel and the real interaction from the person with the steering wheel in his hand.”

“lIke any young boy brought up by the sea, I was attracted to sailing. And as I’ve got older I’ve rekindled my admiration for it. I like doing regattas, and I do like the Caribbean because the wind is so good there. In the winter I like the southern part of Africa, Cape Town in particular. And during the summer the same is replicated in Monaco.”

“the col de la madone just above monaco Is a FavourIte cyclIng spot. Lance Armstrong used to say: ‘As soon as I’m able to do it in 27 minutes from the starting point, then I know I’m ready for the Tour de France.’ People like Chris Froome and all those guys, they do exactly the same – that is the mental clock that they have to beat to realise that they’re ready for the Tour de France.”

“I do lIke the IntrIgue oF cyclIng. I know it’s incredibly boring, but lots of sports can be boring. I have to say, it’s like motor racing in lots of ways – think about when Michael Schumacher was always allowed to lead and stuff like that. That’s exactly what goes on in pro-cycling, because you have the domestiques and then you have the guys with the best chance to win the championship.”

“I don’t eat bIscuIts – there’s too much sugar In them. Didn’t your mother tell you never to eat between meals? Of course, yesterday I was in at Top Gear and I don’t know what it is, but there’s so much stuff around you invariably end up having a coffee and a snack. But then I’d go without lunch, for example, so it sort of works. I do absolutely adore Maltesers. I have a sweet tooth, but I try to rein it in.”

“I’m In Favour oF stress – I thInk stress Is QuIte good For you. I find that distress is shocking. I was on the brink of bankruptcy for such a long time, and it was the first time in my life I was having significant medical ailments and concerns. You realise when that happens that there’s very few things in life as stressful as financial stress. When you have maybe 100 guys at that stage, or 120 guys and their families and all the suppliers and their families and everyone else all relying on you to pay the bills, that’s kind of a daunting situation.”

Channel 4 is the new home of free-to-air Formula 1 in the UK, with live coverage of 10 Grands Prix this season and comprehensive highlights of every race weekend. Visit f1.channel4.com for more information

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“I remember gettIng a paIr of whIte alan ball football boots. I must have been about six, my first game was in Watford, and I borrowed a pair out of lost property or something and scored a hat-trick. I fell in love with it straight away.”

“movIng to amerIca was a bIg challenge. My passion was football, and I really wanted to continue. I went semi-pro, assistant manager, and I wanted to be a coach, a manager. I really did, but it wasn’t to be, so that always leaves an empty gap in my life.”

“my pet hate could well be actors and actresses, when they have a bad attitude on set. It’s the same as playing football with someone who’s not trying. You can try and motivate them, you can scream at them. As a footballer, you can threaten people with violence. In acting, you can’t really do it – they’ve got good lawyers behind them!”

“erIc cantona Is a cool motherf**ker. We spent time together going out socially and he’s a fantastic guy. I tried to smash him one day in a game. He scored a brilliant goal against Wimbledon, and I tried to take him out around his waist. He got up and went to go, and then saw it was me and called everybody off. He was like: ‘Okay, you can kick me, but I’m still going to play football.’ I just admired him.”

“at home I’d be out In the woods and fIelds, fIshIng and shootIng. I never did hunting on horseback – mine was all pest and vermin control. My dad was a gamekeeper,

so he reared a lot of pheasants for a shoot and we used to go and control the rabbits and the foxes at the farms.”

“my golf putter goes everywhere wIth me. I always have a couple of golf balls with me, and my putter. I practise everywhere. If I go to a meeting or an audition, I’ll get there early and I’ll just sit in the waiting room or whatever, or in reception and I’ll just putt on the carpet. You can’t really do that with a driver.”

“I turned down a part In SnakeS on a Plane wIth samuel l Jackson because I hate snakes so much. They give me the shits, I ’ate ’em. When I was younger, we always used to mess around on the river and over gravel pits and all that, so I have experience of grass snakes and adders. I absolutely hate them.”

“I have brown sugar now. I don’t take white sugar any more – too many chemicals, so I have the rough cut brown sugar in my tea.”

“robert de nIro has a restaurant In beverly hIlls called ago. It’s lovely. They do a filet mignon, but they pound it so they smash it right down to flat like a pancake. They put all the herbs and everything in it, and they do that with roast potatoes. I love it.”

Vinnie Jones will launch the Hyundai FanDome in King’s Cross, which will screen every match across the course of the Euros through a 360-degree multi-sensory experience. Tickets to the FanDome are free, visit www.Hyundai.co.uk/FanDome to register

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“I was good at athletIcs from day one. I started, like everybody, just running around in the playground and all that kind of stuff. I suspect it’s the first thing we all try. And I just happened to be good at it – nobody could catch me in the playground.”

“the only reason I started decathlon was because one of the guys in my athletics club got chickenpox. My coach Bob [Mortimer] asked me if I would do a decathlon, and he explained what it was. I said that I hadn’t done seven of the things before and he said: ‘Well, you’ve got three weeks.’”

“I was rubbIsh. With running, most people have their own little bit of technique. But all the other stuff like pole vault and discus takes a long time. When you first do pole vault – I know this is stupid – somebody holds the pole on the ground, you take eight or 10 steps back. You don’t run with the pole; you run and they’re holding it. You jump on to it and they swing you over.”

“I lIke old soul musIc – because I’m an old bloke! There’s a period in all of our lives, I reckon, when all we do is listen to music. I suspect mine was from 17 to about 25. I like people like Nat King Cole, Sam Cooke, The Four Tops, James Brown.”

“I dIdn’t need anythIng to get revved up for a competItIon. I normally spent about a year getting ready. For me it was like this: you kind of start with a year to go, and you think about the

championship maybe every couple of weeks. Then, when there’s six months to go, you’re thinking about it every day. When there’s two months to go, you’re thinking about it every hour. And you think about it more and more. That’s how I got prepared.”

“It was really hard when I retIred. I’d spent 14 years doing athletics seven days a week. Now my life is just about making sure the kids go to school, the kids get picked up. I’m a taxi service and bank.”

“last year, I retIred undefeated from parents’ races at sports day. I’m getting too old, it’s getting too hard. [But] the skills from decathlon transfer quite well – there are a lot of similarities between the pole vault and the egg and spoon race.”

“my pet hate Is people who waste tIme and talent. You only have so much time, and you don’t know whether it’s an hour, a day, a year, or 15 years. I see so many people just not making the best of whatever hand they’ve been dealt.”

“I had 10 days off a year. I’m not much for holIdays, to be honest. But I do like going where my friends are. I like visiting Australia – I have a few good mates down there – but I’m not one for beach holidays or skiing holidays.”

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“I grew up In a vIllage, so I thought Formula 1 would be a better way oF gIvIng myselF a chance to lose my vIrgInIty. [Laughing] No, no, not really! I grew up watching it with my father – I did actually grow up in a village, so it seemed like this incredible journey and connection to the world. And, of course, you’ve definitely got more chance if you’re travelling the world as a Grand Prix driver than on the farm.”

“my career started through the death oF ayrton senna. I was his test driver, so I developed the car that he sadly lost his life in, and then I raced that car. That was not exactly a very comfortable period, but in life we’re faced with death and the world keeps flowing and keeps moving.”

“some people are just rude, and I just don’t get It. Especially in restaurants and hotels. I travel the world, and you see some wonderful people who really go above and beyond, and others who make you feel like you’re really inconveniencing them. If you don’t like being in the service industry, then piss off and do something else.”

“there’s a lady who’s been dIrectIng traFFIc In melbourne For all 20 grands prIx. [She stands] just inside the main gate, and she’s stood there with a smile for 20 years. All the drivers know her and recognise her. Apparently she came to Monaco a few years ago and Sebastian Vettel saw her, recognised her and invited her on to the Red Bull hospitality boat. A smile goes a long way.”

“I don’t partIcularly want to be around snakes. Could I do one of those gameshows in a jungle? Whatever they call it – Get Me Out of Here! – with a bag full of snakes that are not venomous. I could rationally put myself into the mindset that it will not kill you. It’s your mind against the feeling of them being there.”

that saId, IF I was put In a room and told there are 20 snakes and one of them is highly venomous and you have to pick up at least 10 of them to be allowed out, that would be a horrible situation to be in. I should pitch that to Channel 4 – potential death on television.”

“I can’t remember the last tIme I was In a mcdonald’s. I don’t really do Pizza Hut or any of those types of restaurants. I’m very much of the mind: ‘I’m hungry, I want to eat, give me the menu.’ I don’t need 15 courses and time to reflect on the menu.”

“my grandmother always used to say that dreamIng Is somethIng you do when you sleep; achieving is something you do when you work. Some people say they dreamt of being in a sport from a young age. I didn’t dream about it, I walked towards it.”

Channel 4 is the new home of free-to-air Formula 1 in the UK, with live coverage of 10 Grands Prix this season and comprehensive highlights of every race weekend. Watch the Spanish Grand Prix live on Channel 4 from 2pm on May 15. Visit channel4.com/F1

David CoulthardEx-FOrmuLA 1 DriVEr, TV prEsENTEr, NON-VENOmOus sNAkE wrANgLEr