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

I am a grafter.

I came up from a difficult background.

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

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

I don't run restaurants that are out of control. We are about establishing phenomenal footholdings with talent.

I grew up in a funny way.

I hid myself in food.

I mean, families are weird.

I shoot from the hip.

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

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

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

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

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

I'm not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

I'm not trying to take New York by storm. I just want to sneak in there, keep my head down, batten down the hatches and cook.

I'm quite a chauvinistic person.

I've got nothing to hide.

I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.