34 Quotes by Dick Strawbridge

When you work with people, you buy into it, you work together and you pull together. It doesn't matter what your challenge is: there's a sense of achievement at the end of it.

I left the Army in 2000 and went into industry before I started appearing on TV in 2003. My best job there was on a series called 'Crafty Tricks Of War' for the BBC. I loved that because it celebrated how clever and inventive people are and the ingenuity that goes into solving problems.

My old man used to say that I would argue the hind leg of a donkey. If I didn't agree with something, I wasn't prepared to accept it.

I just think our British cuisine and the different influences we pull together make it special when it comes to food.

For a nation that spends a lot of time talking about the weather, we don't seem to realise just how much sunshine we actually get. Maybe that's because we tend to concentrate on the negative aspects.

My body was built through years of good food - and beer.

All insulation is environmentally friendly. Some installation has better environmental credentials, but what matters is the energy it saves.

Sadly, I have very vague memories of Burma. The family was forced to leave when the generals took over.

I've spent 20 years in the Army, and I'm just so fiercely proud of being British.