Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent.

The patience, the tenacity of the gardener for me, it's the spirit of Tessa.

He said Quayle's the sort who'd be good at rowing or playing rugby, ... I know rugby players. They run hard and they tackle hard, but then they go off the field and they can be quite gentle.

I tried to play rugby but was never very good.

I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.