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By the time I was a young man, I was pretty independent.

I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.

I was a very independent teenager.

I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14.

I believe the reason for my early independence is sport, through which I learnt at an early stage to take care of myself and be disciplined.

I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.

When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.

I spend most of my life feeling like I've been shot out of a cannon.

My parents had us very young. We lived in a modest house. We built forts, we hiked, we went camping and they wanted us to be independent. It's how children grew up in the 1940s and 50s: outside all the time, playing in the dirt, riding your bike around.

My childhood was bittersweet in many ways. We moved around a lot. By the time I was 10, I had travelled thousands of miles, often on my own. My parents were like my friends, so it felt like I didn't really have parents at all. But in a crazy way that was very liberating. It forced me to be independent, maybe a leader, and certainly a survivor.