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It was a matter of not living lavishly but enjoying what you had, growing things with your hands, working hard, but not being tied to a nine-to-five job, and generally feeling that there's more to life than money.

I wanted to be a surgeon, possibly influenced by the qualities of our family doctor who cared for our childhood ailments.

I had the privilege of practicing medicine in the early '60s, before we had any government. It worked rather well, and there was nobody on the street suffering with no medical care.

It wasn't the 'miracle of engineering' that is the human body that was filling me with a mad desire to live my days and nights in a pair of scrubs. The hard truth was I did not remotely want to be a surgeon. I actually just wanted to be on 'Grey's Anatomy.'

Prior to my call to the Twelve, I served as a medical doctor and surgeon.

My mum put herself in £50,000 of debt to service my sporting career. She did everything for me to pursue my dream.

I wanted to be a brain surgeon, but I had a bad habit of dropping things.

I like medicine. Even if I was selling a million books a year, I would still be a doctor.

I like the values associated with a medical family - common sense, being practical but also thoughtful.

I would almost rather be in debt constantly than work with horrible people that I hate.