A biography for Alex Brookerhasn’t been written yet.
“When I did 'Sink or Swim,' there was a moment in Lake Windermere where I struggled, and I felt for the first time in as many years as I can remember, that my disability was beating me.”
“I do live every Friday on 'The Last Leg' but I'm never expected to be any good at the singing on that.”
“When I auditioned to be a reporter for Channel 4's Paralympic coverage I was wary because there weren't any disabled people on TV, and there never had been really. I grew up thinking maybe the public weren't ready to accept disabled people on their screens. London 2012 blew that away.”
“Disabled people all get lumped together under the umbrella term of disability, but of course we're all different.”
“All my conversations I've ever really had about being a disabled man, I've had on telly. It's a really strange thing, and it makes you feel quite exposed.”
“I think volunteers are the lifeblood of football, especially at grassroots level. Without them, it wouldn't function.”
“The more disabled people there are on screen, the more likely that is to have a bigger impact in society.”
“It's one of the big things I struggled to deal with since I've been on television, people who give you crap on Twitter. Every single person I talk to in telly says, 'Why do you care? Just let it go.' But it's the one thing that I don't do very well.”
“The work that I've had done at Great Ormond Street and the care that I've been given, that's allowed me to achieve the things I've wanted to and gain the independence I've wanted to.”
“I didn't think I'd do any more television, but when we were about four shows into 'The Last Leg,' we went out in the Olympic Park and a huge number of people were coming up to us.”
“Being able to joke about my disability also gives me some control over it.”
“I don't fancy drowning.”
“I don't want to be massively buff or anything, but I want to carry on looking after my body.”
“I've realised that I'm now in my late 30s and still only really like the same things as I did when I was 12 - basically Football and Ghostbusters.”
“When I was born, my right foot was twisted, and so it was amputated. I was also born with hand deformities.”
“I'm right footed, but I don't have a right foot.”
“The Paralympics will grip audiences and the public will get used to seeing disabled people. They will see that they are just the same as everyone else and that even if you are disabled you can achieve incredible things.”
“I'm always laughing on 'The Last Leg' - it's a lot of fun.”
“On the road, I have a siege mentality. I think everyone is against me, so I see danger everywhere. I'm constantly checking my mirrors.”
“I think I have a sixth sense in that I can spot when someone is about to do something stupid on the road ahead.”