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I'm the Eagle: I can fly.
I'm not frightened of death.
I have a big chin. Thick glasses.
It's nice and restful, plastering.
Resilience can go an awful long way.
I was living on a loaf of bread a week.
I don't want to look like Michael Jackson.
The press portrayed me as a joke and a clown.
Getting to the Olympic Games was my gold medal.
I have never, ever considered myself a failure.
I was the best ski jumper in the United Kingdom.
You can't have Alan Partridge as Eddie the Eagle!
I was like the George Clooney of the ski business.
The failures are the people who never get off their bums.
Where is it written that the Olympics are only for winners?
I don't like bullies or selfishness or people who are grumpy.
In the right circumstances, terror is good. It makes you focus.
People still think I'm a bit of a buffoon - not really an athlete.
In my case, there are only two kinds of hope - Bob Hope and no hope.
Most people should be given a chance to compete in the Olympic Games.
Maybe I am a little bit of a clown, but I am also a serious sportsman.
I wish they'd build a ski jump at the Grand Canyon; it'd be fantastic.
I travelled the world because of the way people saw me at the Olympics.
When people make fun, it doesn't bother me. I've always enjoyed a laugh.
I think the only bones I haven't broken are my shoulder, hip, and thigh.
I always say my first job is my building trade. The rest comes and goes.
I'm a positive person who likes to have fun and get the best out of every day.
I want to be recognised as exemplifying the Olympic spirit - one of the last true Olympians.
I made my dream come true despite all the obstacles - no money, no training, no skis, no snow.
I broke my jaw jumping, and I broke my back and my neck in the downhill. This is normal for me.
No matter how many people say you can't do something, use that as inspiration to prove them wrong.
I liked being Eddie the Eagle, but I also like being Michael Edwards, plasterer and general builder.
The worst thing that happened to me as a child was seeing my brother get pushed into a cement mixer.
The births of my two girls were wonderful - I felt proud to have helped bring new life into this world.
Life is good, and I'm happy, and I don't know that it would be as good if I'd been the winner in Calgary.
If you have got a dream and you've got ambition, then go for it. You know, unless you try, you'll never know.
I always do the very best I can, and I should be given the opportunity and the right to represent my country.
When I plummeted into infamy in the Calgary Olympics, I never thought that a film would be made about my life.
You have to take the rough with the smooth - that's what ski-jumping is all about. You always expect the worst.
When I was a kid, people kept saying, 'You can't do this, you can't do that,' and I wanted to prove them wrong.
I was a true amateur and embodied what the Olympic spirit is all about. To me, competing was all that mattered.
I've had an operation on my jaw - I don't have the big jaw anymore - and I've also had an operation on my eyes.
My mother looked after me full-time when I was young, but as soon as I started school, she got a job in an office.
It takes a lot of guts to jump. If people criticise, I would give them a set of skis and say, 'Do it yourself then.'
I've hated poetry ever since I was at school. I include Shakespeare in that. I don't understand the obsession with him!
I don't regard myself as an entertainer. I don't think that's where my talents lie. It always feels a bit uncomfortable.
I won't win a World Cup, and I won't win the Olympics, but I'm sure I can compete with the best, and that's what I want to show.
I can't explain my popularity. I suppose I'm just an ordinary bloke, and a lot of people see a little bit of Eddie in themselves.
I want my life to move on. On the other hand, I can't say no to offers, not when I'm getting £50,000 a year to be Eddie the Eagle.
I try to keep fit, as it's better for both skiing and plastering. I cycle and jog and I dance a lot - Ceroc, a form of modern jive.