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My wife, a schoolteacher, very disciplined. If you think I'm tough, trust me, and wait till you see when the children are on the naughty step. It's hilarious. So we decided that I'm going to work like a donkey and provide amazing support for the family.

- Gordon Ramsay

Trust, Wait, Very, Schoolteacher

I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow.

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Next, Always, Over, Cry

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

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Work, Want, Exactly, Chef

As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate.

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Plate, Importantly, Lot, Chef

I am the most unselfish chef in Britain today.

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I Am, Most, Britain, Chef

There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.

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Think, More, I Think, Chef

When you're a chef, you graze. You never get a chance to sit down and eat. They don't actually sit down and eat before you cook. So when I finish work, the first thing I'll do, and especially when I'm in New York, I'll go for a run. And I'll run 10 or 15k on my - and I run to gain my appetite.

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Run, Down, Before, Chef

We are about creating a new wave of talent. We are the Manchester United of kitchens now. Am I playing full-time in the kitchen? I am a player-coach.

- Gordon Ramsay

New, United, Full-Time, Manchester

The problem with Yanks is they are wimps.

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Problem, The Problem With, Wimps

Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye.

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May, About, Slightly, Temperamental

I am what I am. A fighter.

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I Am, Fighter, Am, I Am What I Am

I'm Gordon Ramsay, for goodness sake: people know I'm volatile.

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Know, Volatile, Sake, Gordon

The pressure on young chefs today is far greater than ever before in terms of social skills, marketing skills, cooking skills, personality and, more importantly, delivering on the plate. So you need to be strong. Physically fit. So my chefs get weighed every time they come into the kitchen.

- Gordon Ramsay

Strong, Young, Before, Kitchen

I don't think it's a good advert for any restaurant, a fat chef, and secondly, who wants to eat a dessert when the chef's a fat pig.

- Gordon Ramsay

Restaurant, Chef, Think, Dessert

I don't run restaurants that are out of control. We are about establishing phenomenal footholdings with talent.

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Talent, About, Establishing, Phenomenal

I act on impulse and I go with my instincts.

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Go, Act, Instincts, Impulse

I am a chef who happens to appear on the telly, that's it.

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I Am, Chef, Appear, Telly

Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.

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Strong, Characters, Form, Kitchens

I train my chefs completely different to anyone else. My young girls and guys, when they come to the kitchen, the first thing they get is a blindfold. They get blindfolded and they get sat down at the chef's table... Unless they can identify what they're tasting, they don't get to cook it.

- Gordon Ramsay

Down, Young, Chefs, Tasting

Running started as a way of relaxing. It's the only time I have to myself. No phones or e-mails or faxes.

- Gordon Ramsay

Myself, Relaxing, Phones, Only Time

I still love football, though, and I think cooking is like football. It's not a job, it's a passion. When you become good at it, it's a dream job and financially you need never to worry. Ever.

- Gordon Ramsay

Love, Worry, Think, Financially

When you cook under pressure you trade perfection.

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Pressure, Trade, Cook, Perfection

If I can give you one strong piece of advice, when you go away for that romantic weekend, whatever you do, do not accept or take the upgrade to the honeymoon suite.

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Strong, Give, Away, Suite

When you find a guy who is powerful, a big father figure, you latch onto him immediately.

- Gordon Ramsay

Father, Big, Figure, Father Figure

I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man.

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America, Two, I Think, Thoroughbred

You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary.

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Extraordinary, How, Arrogant, French

I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate.

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Security, Success Is, Fine, Key To Success

I didn't get depressed, I don't get depressed.

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Get, Depressed

I was a naturally aggressive left-back, a cut-throat tackler.

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Naturally, Aggressive

I'm not trying to take New York by storm. I just want to sneak in there, keep my head down, batten down the hatches and cook.

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Storm, New, Cook, Sneak

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