Simon Weston Quotes

#1. When I get angry, I start thinking about the people involved and they don't deserve my time.

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#2. Recovery is a bit like an addiction; you take it day by day. If you set yourself too many goalposts, you'll have problems.

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#3. Everyone in my family was a very serious worker, always with a determination to provide for each other.

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#4. Becoming a public figure gave me a platform to help people.

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#5. I haven't stopped working hard since I was 15.

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#6. If you constantly dwell on the past that's where you end up living.

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#7. I prefer cash but so many places only take cards these days, it forces you down a line and I don't like that.

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#8. When I bought out my first autobiography I received the biggest tax bill of my life.

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#9. I've had well-paid jobs, but in comparison to what footballers earn, I've not earned serious money.

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#10. I've always been very hopeful but I also know that as long as you've got a good work ethic, almost anything is achievable and I learned that in the armed forces.

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#11. If I'm out shopping and someone talks to me, I get startled, as I'm not a natural celebrity.

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#12. After I was injured, I had several good examples of "Get on with it, stop whinging and life can be what you make it," because the world doesn't stop turning when you have a boo-boo.

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#13. I like to live life in an understated way because that's who I am - an ordinary guy who has experienced an extraordinary journey.

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