Charley Boorman

“Everyone needs a bit of adrenalin in their lives.”

“Travel is the spice of life.”

“I lost my sister Telsche to ovarian cancer in 1997 and my grandparents on my mother's side both had cancer but well into their 70s.”

“My dad had no interest in motorbikes at all. It didn't come up on his radar.”

“Children aren't meant to die before their parents.”

“People warned us off lots of countries. Someone would say, for instance, 'Stay away from Sudan. It's full of thieves.' And we'd say, 'Have you been there then?' 'Er, no.'”

“Ever since I've been seven I've been trying to make a living out of motorbikes.”

“If you are going to try and convince somebody to travel, do it with a small map - the distances look like nothing on a small map.”

“Often dyslexic kids will excel in being a little bit mischievous or tying to find attention in other ways because they're not getting it in class.”

“I grew up in Wicklow, near Roundwood. It's a beautiful place on the east coast. That's where I started riding bikes.”

“I customise and build motorbikes and I can fix them myself.”

“If you're dyslexic I think it's very important to know that you can do anything you want and it's not simply because you're dyslexic that you should be shoved on the side.”

“I was dyslexic - still am dyslexic - and as child, I found things very difficult. I think my father realised that in acting and stuff I could express myself.”

“I've crashed a lot in the past.”

“I feel I have got away with beating cancer so I am now living life to the full and not worrying about whether it will come back.”

“I don't have to win at tennis. I have a friend who is so competitive at tennis I sometimes throw a game because I know it means so much to him.”

“I'm very grateful to being dyslexic and I owe my career to being dyslexic.”

“Whenever I get home the house becomes messy and chaotic. Kinvara, my daughter, said, 'Mummy, do you like it when Daddy is away, because the house is nice and clean?'”

“I have a reading problem and it's hard for me to read books. But I had no problem with the 'Emerald Forest' script.”

“On the whole, GPS is fine but you still need maps because the information available can be different to what's on the ground. You need to be vigilant for obstacles.”