Academically, I was thick. School wasn't bad, but I was.
Believe it or not, cricket was my first love. I would genuinely have swapped the dream of a winning goal at Wembley for a century against the Australians at Lord's.
What young men nowadays don't realise is that ballroom dancing can be such a source of enjoyment.
Beckham? His wife can't sing and his barber can't cut hair.
On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.
We used to go to the pictures every Saturday night but we had to leave a little bit early and get home and watch Match of the Day - and my wife still complains she missed the last five minutes of every film we saw.
I was never, ever physically afraid. My terms of reference were basic and simple: put the ball in the net. That was my job, that's the way I saw it, and I allowed nothing and nobody to distract me from that purpose.
What joy and adventure the youngsters of today are missing as they sit indoors mucking about with computer games and videos!
The RAF allowed me to play a lot of football, but like England later, they failed to recognise real talent when it was under their noses.
That Seaman is a handsome young man but he spends too much time looking in his mirror rather than at the ball. You can't keep goal with hair like that.
I like my women to be feminine, not sliding into tackles and covered in mud.
My values stemmed from the family. Anything I have achieved in life has been rooted in my upbringing.
