Jonny Wilkinson

I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.

I like to think I play rugby as it should be played - there are no yellow or red cards in my collection - but I cannot say I'm an angel.

I do, have done and always will believe that I am very capable of performing and thriving at any level of the sport.

My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot.

I don't really go out that much, if I'm honest. I'm quite a recluse. If I had my way, I'd probably be at home most of the time with a book and a cup of tea or glass of wine.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.