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I've appreciated every winner. I love them all.

The nicest part of the prize, perhaps, is the effect on my friends and family. Each of them feels proud and happy to have the relationship with me that they do. In a way, it's as though they received an award too, and I like that very much.

I've always felt a bit hard done by in England - you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has felt like nobody has even heard of me in my home country.

It's insane to have won all those things - not possible. But what I love is learning, which never stops and is nothing to do with the medals you've won.

I'm fully confident that I will win the jackpot - so much so that I've already made a list of all the charities I will contribute to.

Of course I love winning things; I can't tell you how much I enjoy it.

I am knowledgeable enough about the world of prizes to realize that there is a large degree of luck - both for the recognitions that you receive and those that you did not.

I have won many trophies in my time, but nothing will ever top helping win the battle for peace in my country.

Prize lists are out, and you're not on them? Nature of the world - means nothing. Prizes are a lottery.