55 Quotes by Len Goodman

Children give life a reason to be – they make life.

The thing with children is they’re a bit like baking a fruitcake: you throw all the ingredients in but you never know how they’re going to turn out.

I’m a technophobe. I can’t crack the iPhone, and the extent of my multitasking is being able to talk while I make a drink.

I always tell the adults at my dance school, ‘Men, you are going to have to do something that you are absolutely not used to: you have got to take command and be the boss.’ Because – and this is just an observation – women get their way.

I always think of a show like a plant – a little pruning now and then keeps it healthy, but you shouldn’t pull it out and chop the roots up.

I haven’t danced since 1973; I’m too old.

There are no gentlemen in anything competitive – you want to win.

I've never really been very good at marriage. It's one of my failures. I've tried my best, but I do realise the common denominator is me; it's something I'm doing.

Obviously you can't please everyone. I'm sure some people say, 'Bloody old Len Goodman gets on my nerves.'