Managing to find my wife and trapping her into marrying me.

Getting the job on Strictly at the age of 56.

One moment, Nelson Mandela is in jail, and the next moment, he is walking, a free man. One moment, we are shackled as the oppressed of apartheid; the next, we are voting for the very first time. I was 63 when I voted for the first time in my life in the country of my birth. Nelson Mandela was 76 years of age. But it happened, it happened. It happened partly because the international community supported us. People prayed for us. People demonstrated on our behalf, especially young people. Students at universities and college campuses used to sit out in the baking sunshine to force their institutions to divest and the miracle happened. We became free because we were helped and we want to say a big “thank you” to the world. And, you can become free nonviolently.

Remembering to do things in order, because I have to transcend my nature, which is haphazard.

Jens Stoltenberg, for the way he united Norway after the massacre on Utøya in 2011.

Most recently, going to a 1D concert at Wembley with my nine-year-old daughter. Seeing her dream becoming real. The highlight was meeting a nice man in the elevator when it was over, who gave her Harry's autograph. Turned out to be his dad. To my daughter that was like meeting the archangel Gabriel.

A song by Ellie Goulding – I am not telling you which one.

I'd have a good, encouraging start in school – I think I'd be a different person, with fewer anxiety attacks.