Nicholas Winton

Ever since I was quite young, I was in St. John's Ambulance or the Red Cross; latterly, I've been involved in voluntary work with the mentally handicapped and Abbeyfield Old People's Homes.

I respond very easily to outside events. One's life is a matter of chance. Nothing that you've arranged for yourself works out.

Everyone thinks my story should be marked by heroism, but there was no risk to myself. You see, no-one in Prague at that time thought they were going to be at war with England.

I don't like to get in front of people.

I always tell people that revelling in big ideas for me is kind of like an antidote to existential angst.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.